Palghar lynching case: Earlier, the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government had opposed the plea for CBI probe into the case.
Pakistan lynching news: According to senior police official Babar Sarfaraz Alpa, a man identified as Waris had been taken into custody for desecrating the pages of a copy of the Quran -- the holy book of Islam.
The Congress has alleged that Bajrang Dal activists were involved in the incident.
This was confirmed by Senior Medical Officer Narinder Singh, who told reporters that a five-member board of doctors from the local civil hospital conducted the autopsy. Meanwhile, the man was cremated as no one came forward to claim the body. Police are yet to register a murder case.
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday had tweeted, "Before 2014, the word ‘lynching’ was practically unheard of", taking a dig at Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre that came to power in 2014.
Mob killings over allegations of blasphemy have been very common in Pakistan, where the crime can carry the death sentence.
The lynching of a 35-year-old man at the Singhu border on Friday sent a chilling wave across the country, and the Nihangs have taken responsibility for the murder. Who are they? Here's what you need to know.
The family of the deceased, Yogesh, held a demonstration near Badodamev police station in Rajasthan's Alwar district, where the accident took place, demanding that those involved in the attack be arrested immediately.
The slain man was identified as Babu Bhil (25) while Pintu Bhil is under treatment, police said, adding that 7-8 persons have been detained in this connection
The victim complained to Tulinj police on March 26 that a group of persons had thrashed him severely.
The Maharashtra government informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has taken action against the erring policemen connected with the alleged lynching of two seers and another person in Palghar district in April.
The VHP demanded a CBI inquiry into the Palghar case. They also demanded to conduct an inquiry into the death of the lawyer of the sadhus who died in the car accident.
Three persons were beaten to death by a group of villagers in Palghar district of Maharashtra on suspicion that they were thieves, police said on Friday.
A 40-year-old thief was lynched by angry residents of a village in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.
The mob instigated by labourers who owed the deceased, Ganesh Patel, some money, had also grievously injured his six friends on Wednesday.
"Eleven people have been arrested so far," an officer of the Kotwali police station told IANS. The incident occurred early on Thursday in Ketarhat of Putimary-Phuleshwari Gram Panchayat area under Cooch Behar 1 administrative block.
According to the police, the incident took place on Monday night when some youths belonging to Barahpur village entered More village with the intention to steal cattle.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said lynching is a "western construct" and should not be used in the Indian context to defame the country. He was addressing the Vijayadashmi function of the RSS at Reshimbagh ground in Maharashtra's Nagpur city,
The incident took place in Bhavkedhi village in the morning, Sirsod police station's inspector R S Dhakad said.
Residents beat up a mentally ill person and a drunk man on suspicion of being child lifters and then handed them over to police in Banda district, officials said on Thursday. Kalvanganj police outpost in-charge Shalini Singh Bhadauria said a mentally ill person was beaten up by locals in Khutla area on Wednesday after they suspected him to be a child lifter.
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