Mob Kills Rapist

When Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan claimed in parliament on Monday that people involved in heinous rape-murders were best "lynched in public", the idea found favour with many who believed that conventional punishments are not adequate to stem the occurrence of such crimes. A notable exception was Badrinath Singh, the father of a medical student ...

A 31-year-old man, who was beaten up by a mob for allegedly raping a minor, died at a hospital, police said today. The man, who allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl and had taken her objectionable photographs on his phone, was locked in his room in a house where he was staying as a tenant before being attacked by a mob on Saturday, they said.

The body of a shopkeeper, who allegedly raped and killed a seven-year-old girl, was assaulted b a mob in Andhra Pradesh's Eluru.

The mob that broke into a jail in Nagaland's Dimapur on March 5 encouraged prisoners to escape and that two insurgents had escaped in the chaos, a report by a senior prison official has said. The report has also said the mob had hours to carry out a methodical search to locate the rape-accused man, raising questions over the Nagaland government's c...

A total of 42 arrests have been made, many through the night on Sunday, in connection with the lynching of a rape-accused in Nagaland's Dimapur last week by a large mob that broke into a jail and dragged the man out.

Internet and SMS services have been suspended acorss Nagaland till 6 pm tomorrow, even as protests mount against the killing of a rape-accused by a mob in Dimapur. At least 18 people have been arrested so far in connection to the lynching.

An alleged rapist, suspected to be an illegal migrant, was thrashed and killed by a mob which stormed the high-security central jail in Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur, officials said. Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang told NDTV in the morning that the government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident. The Centre has also sought ...

When Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan claimed in parliament on Monday that people involved in heinous rape-murders were best "lynched in public", the idea found favour with many who believed that conventional punishments are not adequate to stem the occurrence of such crimes. A notable exception was Badrinath Singh, the father of a medical student ...

A 31-year-old man, who was beaten up by a mob for allegedly raping a minor, died at a hospital, police said today. The man, who allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl and had taken her objectionable photographs on his phone, was locked in his room in a house where he was staying as a tenant before being attacked by a mob on Saturday, they said.

The body of a shopkeeper, who allegedly raped and killed a seven-year-old girl, was assaulted b a mob in Andhra Pradesh's Eluru.

The mob that broke into a jail in Nagaland's Dimapur on March 5 encouraged prisoners to escape and that two insurgents had escaped in the chaos, a report by a senior prison official has said. The report has also said the mob had hours to carry out a methodical search to locate the rape-accused man, raising questions over the Nagaland government's c...

A total of 42 arrests have been made, many through the night on Sunday, in connection with the lynching of a rape-accused in Nagaland's Dimapur last week by a large mob that broke into a jail and dragged the man out.

Internet and SMS services have been suspended acorss Nagaland till 6 pm tomorrow, even as protests mount against the killing of a rape-accused by a mob in Dimapur. At least 18 people have been arrested so far in connection to the lynching.

An alleged rapist, suspected to be an illegal migrant, was thrashed and killed by a mob which stormed the high-security central jail in Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur, officials said. Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang told NDTV in the morning that the government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident. The Centre has also sought ...