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.
A mob of 250 garden workers assaulted the elderly doctor following the death of one of their colleagues who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in the plantation.
After mob lynching in the name of cow slaughter, it is rumours of child lifting that are fueling similar incidents in Uttar Pradesh, where over 20 such cases have been reported during the past three days.
They are accused in a case of mob violence that took place on December 3 after a cow carcass was found in a sugarcane field near Mahav village of Siyana.
In September 2017, six persons of the total 15 arrested in connection with the incident, were given a clean chit by the Rajasthan police.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had announced to bring in the Bill while replying to the debate on state Budget on July 16.
