Police on alert after rise in mob lynching cases
The recent mob lynching incidents that took place in the district have not only shaken the common people but also alarmed the district police.
The recent mob lynching incidents that took place in the district have not only shaken the common people but also alarmed the district police.
Saddam Qureshi, the third victim of the Arang mob lynching incident, passed away on Tuesday after battling for his life for 12 days in a hospital.
The violence and tension started in Nuh district – where the VHP rally was held – before spreading to Gurugram, where a mosque was burnt down overnight. Shops were also set ablaze in the Badshahpur area in Gurugram on Tuesday.
Rajesh Manjhi repeatedly begged the assailants to let go of him and he didn’t steal anything, but all his pleadings fell on deaf ears.
Madhu, a tribal youth, was lynched by a mob at Attappadi in Kerala’s Palakkad district on February 22, 2018 on suspicion of theft.
The chargesheet accused Khan of transporting cattle from Rajasthan to Haryana allegedly without the permission of the district collector.
Addressing the RSS's Vijayadashmi rally at Nagpur, Bhagwat said it was wrong to use the term lynching in the Indian context and words like lynching are alien to Bharat and belong elsewhere.
The open letter mentioned the mob killing of Muslims, Dalits and other minorities must be stopped immediately, while stressing that there was "no democracy without dissent." It also noted that "Jai Shri Ram" had been reduced to a "provocative war cry."
The Deputy SP denied that it was a case of mob lynching.
Citing the autopsy report which stated that Ansari died of 'cardiac arrest', the Jharkhand Police dropped murder charge and filed a chargesheet under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).
