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A mob beat up a private school teacher, tonsured his head, blackened his face and then paraded him at a village in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly stalking and harassing a Class VIII student, police said today.

Twenty-two Congress workers in flood-hit Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district have been accused of "attempting to murder" a senior district officer, whose face they blackened during a protest on Friday, the police said today.

Twelve people were held in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday after a man and a woman were allegedly paraded in a village there, wearing garlands of shoes and their faces blackened, police said.

The principal of a private school in Hisar was arrested on Wednesday after six Class 4 students, including two girls, were allegedly paraded in the school premises with blackened faces for securing less marks in a test, police said.

The faces of six Class 4 students of a private school, including two girls, were allegedly blackened and they were paraded in the school premises for scoring poorly in a test, the police said today.

A Class 4 girl at a school in Haryana's Hisar was forced to walk around in a classroom with her face blackened after she did not do well in an exam, the police said. Her family has filed a First Information Report against the school and a teacher, who allegedly used a black sketch pen to blacken their daughter's face on Friday last.

Twenty one people were arrested for allegedly parading an 81-year-old woman in her village after blackening her face and garlanding her with shoes on the suspicion that she practised sorcery, police said on Sunday.

Seven Bahujan Samaj Party workers were arrested today in Jaipur for parading two party functionaries on donkeys after blackening their faces on Tuesday morning at the BSP headquarters.

Two BSP leaders were garlanded with shoes, faces blackened and paraded outside the party office In Rajasthan on Tuesday by some of the BSP workers who alleged corruption in ticket allocation.

A woman and a Dalit man were allegedly thrashed, garlanded with shoes and paraded with blackened faces in a village in Haryana''s Karnal district over their "illicit relationship" on Wednesday, police said.

Maharashtra Bhim Army chief Ashok Kamble was today arrested for announcing a Rs 5-lakh reward to anybody who "blackens" BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur's face. Seven party workers were also taken into custody in this connection.

"Lord Hanuman was a Dalit and a slave of manuwadi people. He was a Dalit and a human. He did all for Lord Ram, then why he was given a tail and his face was blackened? Why was he made a monkey?" Bahraich BJP parliamentarian Savitri Bai Phule said today

India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's statue with its face blackened, was found in Katwa town of West Bengal on Saturday, the police said.

After allegations of harassment by "anti-Romeo squads" ordered in Uttar Pradesh by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the police chief has established some ground rules in a series of letters issued recently. There should be "no hair-shaving, blackening of the face or murga punishment," Director General of Police Javeed Ahmed has said in a letter to...

A "progressive" writer's face was smeared with black ink in Davanagere, allegedly by right wing activists who also warned him of "dire" consequences if he dare write against Hindu gods, said a senior police official.

A mob beat up a private school teacher, tonsured his head, blackened his face and then paraded him at a village in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly stalking and harassing a Class VIII student, police said today.

Twenty-two Congress workers in flood-hit Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district have been accused of "attempting to murder" a senior district officer, whose face they blackened during a protest on Friday, the police said today.

Twelve people were held in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday after a man and a woman were allegedly paraded in a village there, wearing garlands of shoes and their faces blackened, police said.

The principal of a private school in Hisar was arrested on Wednesday after six Class 4 students, including two girls, were allegedly paraded in the school premises with blackened faces for securing less marks in a test, police said.

The faces of six Class 4 students of a private school, including two girls, were allegedly blackened and they were paraded in the school premises for scoring poorly in a test, the police said today.

A Class 4 girl at a school in Haryana's Hisar was forced to walk around in a classroom with her face blackened after she did not do well in an exam, the police said. Her family has filed a First Information Report against the school and a teacher, who allegedly used a black sketch pen to blacken their daughter's face on Friday last.

Twenty one people were arrested for allegedly parading an 81-year-old woman in her village after blackening her face and garlanding her with shoes on the suspicion that she practised sorcery, police said on Sunday.

Seven Bahujan Samaj Party workers were arrested today in Jaipur for parading two party functionaries on donkeys after blackening their faces on Tuesday morning at the BSP headquarters.

Two BSP leaders were garlanded with shoes, faces blackened and paraded outside the party office In Rajasthan on Tuesday by some of the BSP workers who alleged corruption in ticket allocation.

A woman and a Dalit man were allegedly thrashed, garlanded with shoes and paraded with blackened faces in a village in Haryana''s Karnal district over their "illicit relationship" on Wednesday, police said.

Maharashtra Bhim Army chief Ashok Kamble was today arrested for announcing a Rs 5-lakh reward to anybody who "blackens" BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur's face. Seven party workers were also taken into custody in this connection.

"Lord Hanuman was a Dalit and a slave of manuwadi people. He was a Dalit and a human. He did all for Lord Ram, then why he was given a tail and his face was blackened? Why was he made a monkey?" Bahraich BJP parliamentarian Savitri Bai Phule said today

India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's statue with its face blackened, was found in Katwa town of West Bengal on Saturday, the police said.

After allegations of harassment by "anti-Romeo squads" ordered in Uttar Pradesh by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the police chief has established some ground rules in a series of letters issued recently. There should be "no hair-shaving, blackening of the face or murga punishment," Director General of Police Javeed Ahmed has said in a letter to...

A "progressive" writer's face was smeared with black ink in Davanagere, allegedly by right wing activists who also warned him of "dire" consequences if he dare write against Hindu gods, said a senior police official.