Mob Lynching

In a gut-wrenching incident, a youth was allegedly beaten to death when he was caught stealing a bike in Bihar's capital, Patna on Monday.

A Sri Lankan lawmaker who shot dead an anti-government protester this week was later lynched by a mob, a forensic report showed Friday, contradicting a police report that he died by suicide.

A man accused of killing a 5-year-old child was lynched and later set on fire by a mob in Dibrugarh's Rohmoria on Saturday.

The Bihar assembly was on Monday adjourned for an urgently convened meeting of the business advisory committee as opposition members seemed determined to corner the Nitish Kumar government on a range of issues.

When we express our anguish, anger and horror at the Shahdara crime, we cannot forget that it is also a result of the normalization of such crimes by the horrific and the blood-soaked culture of mob lynching promoted by those in positions of power.

Three persons accused in the stoning and burning of a BJP worker in Jharkhand's Simdega district for allegedly illegally felling trees, which is against local tribal traditions, have been arrested, a police office said on Saturday.

A man was lynched in Jharkhand's Simdega by a mob on Tuesday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by cutting a tree.

Amarinder Singh - the former Punjab Chief Minister - is the first major political leader to condemn the vigilante killing of two men over claims of religious sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and a gurdwara in Kapurthala.

The Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021, was tabled in Jharkhand Assembly and passed by voice vote on Tuesday to check such incidents in the state, infamous for vigilantism.

The BJP has lashed out at the Congress and the late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, calling him "the father of lynching" after his son, MP Rahul Gandhi, attacked the party over recent mob killings.

A second man was beaten to death in Punjab over an alleged instance of sacrilege less than 24 hours after a similar death at Amritsar's Golden Temple.

No separate data on people killed or injured by vigilante groups, mobs or crowds is maintained by the National Crime Records Bureau, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Pakistan on Monday repatriated the remains of a Sri Lankan factory manager who was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob after they accused him of blasphemy.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced that a medal of bravery will be conferred on a man who tried to save the Sri Lankan factory manager from a mob by risking his own life in Sialkot.

Up to 120 people have been arrested in Pakistan after a Sri Lankan factory manager was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob who accused him of blasphemy, officials said on Saturday.

In a gut-wrenching incident, a youth was allegedly beaten to death when he was caught stealing a bike in Bihar's capital, Patna on Monday.

A Sri Lankan lawmaker who shot dead an anti-government protester this week was later lynched by a mob, a forensic report showed Friday, contradicting a police report that he died by suicide.

A man accused of killing a 5-year-old child was lynched and later set on fire by a mob in Dibrugarh's Rohmoria on Saturday.

The Bihar assembly was on Monday adjourned for an urgently convened meeting of the business advisory committee as opposition members seemed determined to corner the Nitish Kumar government on a range of issues.

When we express our anguish, anger and horror at the Shahdara crime, we cannot forget that it is also a result of the normalization of such crimes by the horrific and the blood-soaked culture of mob lynching promoted by those in positions of power.

Three persons accused in the stoning and burning of a BJP worker in Jharkhand's Simdega district for allegedly illegally felling trees, which is against local tribal traditions, have been arrested, a police office said on Saturday.

A man was lynched in Jharkhand's Simdega by a mob on Tuesday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by cutting a tree.

Amarinder Singh - the former Punjab Chief Minister - is the first major political leader to condemn the vigilante killing of two men over claims of religious sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and a gurdwara in Kapurthala.

The Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021, was tabled in Jharkhand Assembly and passed by voice vote on Tuesday to check such incidents in the state, infamous for vigilantism.

The BJP has lashed out at the Congress and the late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, calling him "the father of lynching" after his son, MP Rahul Gandhi, attacked the party over recent mob killings.

A second man was beaten to death in Punjab over an alleged instance of sacrilege less than 24 hours after a similar death at Amritsar's Golden Temple.

No separate data on people killed or injured by vigilante groups, mobs or crowds is maintained by the National Crime Records Bureau, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Pakistan on Monday repatriated the remains of a Sri Lankan factory manager who was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob after they accused him of blasphemy.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced that a medal of bravery will be conferred on a man who tried to save the Sri Lankan factory manager from a mob by risking his own life in Sialkot.

Up to 120 people have been arrested in Pakistan after a Sri Lankan factory manager was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob who accused him of blasphemy, officials said on Saturday.