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  Bangladesh unrest: Producer Selim Khan and actor-son Shanto Khan beaten to death by unruly mob

  August 07, 2024 11:53 IST

  Selim Khan was known to be close to ousted PM Sheikh Hasina as he produced a film on her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. His son had worked in several films as an actor under his father's production banner and had links to India's Bengali film industry.

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  'No religious minority is safe in Pakistan', admits Defence Minister after recent mob lynchings

  World | June 24, 2024 17:26 IST

  Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said despite being offered constitutional protections, religious minorities in the country were being killed. He said Pakistan was facing global embarrassment and safety of all minorities should be ensured.

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  Pakistan: 23 arrested for lynching, hanging man in public on allegations of Quran desecration

  World | June 23, 2024 23:52 IST

  In the second case of blasphemy-related death, a tourist was lynched and hanged in public by an enraged mob in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on allegations of Quran desecration. The mob also set fire to the Madyan police station and a vehicle and dragged Mohammad Ismail, 40, through the town.

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  Rajasthan: BJP to stage protest in Jaipur against 'rising crime' on August 20

  India | August 19, 2022 7:46 IST

  Rajasthan news: Rajasthan BJP President Satish Poonia has said, "It is the misfortune of Rajasthan that the Congress government has not appointed any full-time Home Minister in three and a half years."

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  Pakistan: Mob hangs man to tree, beats him to death for desecration in Punjab province

  World | February 13, 2022 12:52 IST

  Saturday's incident took place in Jungle Dera village where hundreds of loc­als gathered after Magh­rib pra­yers following annoucements that a man had torn some pages of the Holy Quran and later set them on fire.

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  Kurukshetra | 'Rajiv Gandhi father of lynching': BJP punches back after Rahul Gandhi's dig at Modi govt

  Kurukshetra | December 21, 2021 23:00 IST

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya has slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his tweet wherein the latter said that incidents of lynching were unheard of before the BJP came to power in 2014.

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  Youth lynched near Ranchi over suspicion of tyre theft

  News | March 15, 2021 11:00 IST

  A youth was allegedly beaten to death by an irate mob in suburban Ranchi early on Sunday for apparently stealing tyres and a battery from a motorcycle, the second incident of mob lynching reported in the state capital this month.

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  Gangwar ahead of Bihar poll as JDRP candidate shot dead, mob lynches attacker

  Kurukshetra | October 25, 2020 19:32 IST

  Shri Narayan Singh, 45, was killed on Saturday evening while campaigning at the Hathsar village. Singh himself had a criminal record and over three dozen cases registered against him.

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  UP man lynched on suspicion of selling 16-year-old daughter

  Crime | September 08, 2020 11:41 IST

  A 45-year-old man was lynched in Uttar Pradesh after his neighbours thought he had sold his daughter. The incident was reported from Noida, where the deceased, identified as Sarvesh Diwakar had sent his daughter.

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  Mob lynches murder accused in UP district

  India | September 07, 2020 16:01 IST

  In a shocking incident, a man was lynched by an angry mob in Kushinagar district after he allegedly killed a local who was sleeping in his house on Monday.

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  Suspected thief thrashed to death by mob in Delhi's Pandav Nagar

  India | June 12, 2020 8:14 IST

  A suspected thief was allegedly beaten to death by a mob that caught him sneaking into a house in east Delhi''s Pandav Nagar, police said on Thursday.

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  Palghar lynching case: SC seeks Maharashtra govt's reply on pleas for CBI, NIA probes into killings

  India | June 11, 2020 13:20 IST

  The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Maharashtra government on two petitions seeking separate probes by the CBI and the NIA into the alleged lynching of three people, including two seers, in the state''s Palghar district in April.

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  Very, very disturbing: Raveena Tandon, Sonakshi Sinha, Javed Akhtar react to Palghar mob lynching

  Celebrities | April 21, 2020 9:50 IST

  Three men in Palghar were dragged out of their car and beaten to death with sticks by a mob on suspicion that they were thieves. Now, Bollywood celebrities such as Raveena Tandon, Sonakshi Sinha, Ravi Kishan and Javed Akhtar have expressed anger and the need for justice on social media.

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  Nothing communal in Palghar mob lynching incident: Uddhav Thackeray

  India | April 20, 2020 15:21 IST

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said that there is nothing communal in the Palghar mob lynching incident case adding that the government has taken action against the culprits and so far arrested 100 suspects including 5 main accused.

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  Palghar mob lynching: Two cops suspended for negligence in duty

  India | April 20, 2020 14:40 IST

  Two policemen were suspended on Monday for alleged dereliction of duty in the wake of lynching of three men in Maharashtra''s Palghar district, an official said.

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  Palghar mob lynching: 2 sadhus, driver beaten to death in Maharashtra

  News | April 20, 2020 14:14 IST

  110 people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of three men, including two sadhus, on the suspicion of being thieves in Gadchinchale village of Palghar in Mumbai

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  Mob lynching: One killed, 5 critically injured in Dhar’s Manawar

  News | February 06, 2020 12:55 IST

  Dhar: An incident of alleged mob lynching after rumors of child lifting occurred in Dhar, Madhya Pradeshd. One of the six men succumbed to injuries. Five others were critically injured.

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  Tabrez Ansari lynching: Jharkhand High Court grants bail to 6 arrested

  India | December 11, 2019 7:30 IST

  Tabrez Ansari was thrashed by a mob on June 17 at Dhatkidih village in Seraikela-Kharsawan district when he and two of his associates allegedly tried to enter a house with an intention to commit theft, a senior police officer had said then.

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  Raj, Manipur only states to have passed bills to check lynching: LS informed

  India | November 19, 2019 14:47 IST

  Union minister of state for home Nityananda Rai said the Centre, following a Supreme Court directive, has issued two advisories to state governments to check incidents of lynching.

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  Youth beaten to death by mob on charges of stealing cattle in Mokama, Bihar

  News | October 30, 2019 11:07 IST

  Youth beaten to death by mob on charges of stealing cattle in Mokama, Bihar. Three companions of the deceased managed to flee from the spot.