Eight arrested for lynching of inmate inside rehabilitation centre in Assam
All three were subsequently admitted to the New Life Foundation rehab centre in Goalpara district in Assam.
All three were subsequently admitted to the New Life Foundation rehab centre in Goalpara district in Assam.
In the face of a series of lynching cases in the recent days, a worried state government today ordered the police to step up vigil and take appropriate steps, according to provisions entailed in 2019 anti-lynching law that was passed in the state Assembly.
Today, Prasen Mondal, a 22-year-old youth suspected to be a thief, was beaten to death by some youths at Polenite under Electronics Complex police station.
A patrol team of Border Home Guards caught the duo felling trees in the Harsora area under Sariska DFC and manhandled them.
Most of the 'disturbed' polling booths the Central forces and the state police either were 'conspicuously' absent or were outnumbered.
A day after he publicly garlanded eight people convicted of lynching a man to death over allegations of cow slaughter, Union Minister Jayant Sinha took to Twitter to ‘clarify’ his act of felicitating the men at his residence on the outskirts of Hazaribagh.
While demanding a CBI probe into the incident, Dubey, who represents the Godda constituency, had called the decision “personal”.
Police said a mob of at least 1,500 villagers allegedly attacked nine men with wooden sticks after nabbing them from near a farm in a village last Friday
Besides the 24 in custody, five others were arrested from Diphu town on Tuesday for misuse of social media in connection with the incident.
Besides the 19 in custody, 13 other people have been arrested for posting hate messages and objectionable posts on social media in different districts of the state.