Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren interacts with Shaista Parveen, wife of Tabrez Ansari who lost his life in a mob lynching incident at Kadamdiha village in June last year, at ...
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Media personnel outside the District Court during a hearing on the Pehlu Khan mob lynching case, in Alwar.
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Filmmaker Aparna Sen addresses the media after she and 49 others wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi protesting against the recent incidents of lynchings, in Kolka...
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Relatives of victims mourn outside a government hospital after three people were beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of cattle theft, in Chapra district, Bihar.
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Policemen chase away protestors during a rally against incidents of mob lynching, in Surat.
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Protesters take cover during a clash with police at a rally against incidents of mob lynching, in Surat.
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Activists of Ekta India(Humanity, Educational and Social Welfare Organisation) hold candles during their protest against the recent mob lynching incidents, in Kolkata
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People participate in a candle light march demanding justice for the death of Tabrez Ansari who died due to mob lynching in Jharkhand, in Muzaffarpur
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Muslims activists under the banner of AIMIM protest against the recent incidents of mob lynching, in Nagpur.
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Muslims participate in a protest rally against recent mob lynching incidents, in Kolkata.
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Social activists display placards during 'Bharat Jodo: Do or Die' protest over the incidents of lynching, religious polarization and hate, at Parliament Street in New Delhi.
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Writer and activist Arundhati Roy, front right, listens to a speaker during 'Bharat Jodo: Do or Die' protest over the incidents of lynching, religious polarization and hate, at Par...
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Social activists display placards during 'Bharat Jodo: Do or Die' protest over the incidents of lynching, religious polarization and hate, at Parliament Street in New Delhi.
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Muslims stage a protest against the recent cases of mob lynching, in Kolkata.
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People hold placards as they protest against mob lynching and sexual violence against women, in Ahmedabad.
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People hold placards as they protest against mob lynching and sexual violence against women, in Ahmedabad.
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Documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan with other activists raise slogans to condemn mob lynching, in Mumbai.
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Tehseen Poonawalla, who filed a plea seeking directions to formulate guidelines to curb cow vigilantism, flashes the victory sign after a hearing by the Supreme Court on the matter...
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Ansi Devi, who wears a veil as part of tradition sits after narrating how she survived a mob attack during a meeting to condemn recent incidents of mob attacks, in Ahmadabad.
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Chunna Nath Kalbeliya, the husband of Shanti Marwadi who was beaten to death by a mob on the suspicion of being a child-lifter, attends a meeting in Ahmedabad.
The Palghar lynching case involved the killings of two sadhus and their driver, amidst rumours of child-lifters roaming in the area during the nationwide lockdown.
After he was assaulted, Sarvesh Diwakar lay on the road, injured, for several hours. He was taken to a hospital only after the police reached the spot.
Last month, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had filed two chargesheets, one running into 4,955 pages and another of 5,921 pages, in a court in Dahanu taluka in Palghar district.
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In spite of the Supreme Court calling lynching an 'epidemic', its guidelines have been hardly implemented by state governments. This has resulted in extreme manipulation and dubious investigations.
In the last two years, Alwar has shot to infamy for what’s politely known as cow vigilantism: a short roll-call includes the lynchings of Pehlu Khan, Mohammed Umar and Rakbar Khan.
The greatest care-giver, the Mahatma, sacrificed himself to keep the nation sane. His sacrifice stopped the madness temporarily, but the cure is still eluding us.
The contrast between the way the police dealt with protests by Dalits in UP’s Saharanpur and Rajputs in Rajasthan is part of a pattern of selective aggression and selective silence that goes deep and wide