Dadri Mob Killing

Dadri Mob Killing Accused Cheer From Front Row At Yogi Adityanath Rally

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 1, 2019

A group of men accused of beating a Muslim man to death in 2015 over beef rumours in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri had front row seats at a rally on Sunday of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was campaigning for the national election starting April 11.

Cop Killed In UP's Bulandshahr Investigated 2015 Dadri Mob Killing

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Tuesday December 4, 2018

A police inspector was shot at, hit on the head with a blunt object in the violence that started with the discovery of carcasses of at least 25 cows in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr.

"We Will Win Despite Dadri Mob Killing, Award Wapsi": Amit Shah

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday September 11, 2018

BJP chief Amit Shah today expressed confidence that the party will win the coming elections in Rajasthan, which has witnessed a string of attacks by cow vigilantes over more than a year. Pointing to the lynching in Dadri -- the first of many across the country --- he said the party won that time too.

'Were Provoked by Cow-Killing Rumours,' Said Dadri Accused: Police Charge-Sheet

India News | Reported by Deepshikha Ghosh, Edited by Tanima Biswas | Thursday December 24, 2015

The main accused in the mob lynching of a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri have admitted that they were "provoked by rumours of cow killing", reveals a police charge-sheet. The police, however, have not mentioned the word "beef" in their charges.

Dadri Lynching Charge-sheet Names 15 People Including Minor, 'Beef' Not Mentioned

India News | Reported by Deepshika Ghosh, Edited by Tanima Biswas | Thursday December 24, 2015

Three months after the mob lynching of a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri over rumours that he had stored beef, 15 people including the son of a BJP politician have been named in the police charge-sheet.

'I Can Never Go Back Home,' Says Dadri Mob Attack Survivor

India News | Reported by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday December 7, 2015

On September 28, Danish Akhlaq felt cold panic when the door of his home broke open and a group of men rushed in. He had known most of them since childhood, but that didn't stop him from telling himself: "Danish, today you are dead."

Family of Man Lynched by Mob in Dadri Says 'Satisfied with Government Action'

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 7, 2015

The family of Mohd Akhlaq, the man who was brutally killed in a mob attack over rumours of beef eating, today told Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav that they do not want the probe into his death to continue further and expressed satisfaction over the action taken in the case.

Awaiting Uttar Pradesh Government's Report on Dadri Killing: Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 2, 2015

The central government is awaiting a report on the Dadri mob killing incident it had sought from the Akhilesh Yadav dispensation in Uttar Pradesh to ascertain factual position and action taken by the state, Lok Sabha was informed today.

'Secularism Under Threat Like Never Before,' Writer Nayantara Sahgal Says

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 5, 2015

Secularism in India is under threat like never before said noted writer Nayantara Sahgal who had recently returned her 'Sahitya Akademi' award in protest against mob lynching of man in Dadri over rumours that he had eaten cow meat.

Sangh Being Put in Dock as Part of Conspiracy: RSS on Dadri Mob Killing

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 1, 2015

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today dismissed accusations linking it with some recent "condemnable" incidents like Dadri mob killing episode in which a man was killed for allegedly eating beef, saying the Sangh is unnecessarily being put in the dock as part of a conspiracy by some forces.

Needlessly Being Blamed For Dadri Incident, Intolerance, RSS Says

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday November 1, 2015

The Rashtriya Swayamswevak Sangh or RSS is being needlessly blamed for the mob-lynching of a man in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri and similar incidents of violence, General Secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi has said.

Dadri Mob Killing: Chargesheet Filed Against BJP Leader Sangeet Som

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 29, 2015

A charge sheet has been filed against Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Sangeet Som for allegedly violating the prohibitory orders imposed in Dadri's Bishada village, where a man was killed in a mob attack over rumours that he stored and consumed beef.

India Can Offer to World its Cultural Tolerance: Niti Aayog Member

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 22, 2015

Amid incidents like the Dadri mob killing that sparked outrage in the cultural sphere and several writers returning awards, Niti Aayog member Vijay Saraswat, today said India could offer to the world its cultural tolerance.

Dadri Mob Killing: Minorities Panel Suspects 'Pre-Meditated' Planning

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 21, 2015

The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) suspects there was "pre-meditated planning" behind the Dadri killing over beef rumours and the controversial statements by politicians to make capital out of such outrages was "disturbing".

From Dadri to Nahan, a Deadly Pattern and a Common Motive

India News | Written by Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Saturday October 17, 2015

Cattle, injured and immobile, policemen deployed to protect them and a smashed truck mark the spot near Nahan in Himachal Pradesh, where 28-year-old Noman was beaten to death by a mob on Wednesday.