Actor Kaushik Sen has claimed that he received a call from an unknown number where he was threatened not to raise his voice against mob violence or else he would be killed. A group of 49 eminent personalities, including filmmakers, authors and actors, wrote to the prime minister on Tuesday, expressing concern over the recent instances of mob violence and lynching in the country.
A group of 49 celebrities, including the likes of Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Sen and Adoor Gopalakrishnan has written to PM Narendra Modi on the growing cases of lynching.
In another case of mob lynching, four persons were thrashed and killed in the Gumla district of Jharkhand on Sunday.
Yet another case of mob lynching in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh . A man beaten to death by villagers on suspicion of stealing amd killing peacocks.
A man was lynched by a mob on suspicion of peacock theft in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch. So far, 10 people have been arrested in connection with the case. The incident comes a day after a man was lynched on suspicion of cattle theft in Bihar's Chhapra.
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan landed himself in controversy on Saturday after he commented on the latest incidents of mob lynching. Muslims are paying the price of choosing to stay in India post the partition in 1947, Azam Khan said. Azam Khan's statement came in the view of Friday's mob lynching incident in Bihar wherein 3 people had lost their lives.
Three people were lynched to death in Bihar's Chhapra on suspicion of cattle theft. The incident was reported from Baniapur area of the district. Any arrests into the incident have yet not been made.
Muslims, Dalits and tribals will now start applying for arms licenses for self-defence, following increase in incidents of mob lynching.
Tabrez Ansari, who was brutally thrashed on suspicion of having stolen a bike, died due to brain haemorrhage, according to the post-mortem report. According to police sources, the post-mortem report submitted by the doctors say that Ansari had sustained bone fracture in his head which caused brain haemorrhage leading to his death.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, said that Gau Seva Aayog should provide certificate and take responsibility for security of persons transporting cows. This, in his opinion, will prevent mob lynching and cow vigilantism. Uttar Pradesh is among the states that have witnessed maximum crimes related to cow vigilantism.
An alleged "hate-mongering" video asking revenge for Jharkhand mob lynching victim, Tabrez Ansari, has surfaced on social media, prompting Mumbai police to register a case against unidentified Tik Tok 'influencers'.
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The group of these 24 men was allegedly transporting cattle to an animal fair in Maharashtra. A disturbing video of this whole incident has gone viral on social media.
Khan was beaten to death on the Jaipur-Delhi Highway in Alwar in April 2017 while he and his sons were bringing cattle bought from a fair in Jaipur to their home in Haryana's Nuh.
Niazi, a student of a madrasa in Bareilly, was travelling from Aligarh to Bareilly two days ago on a train when some youths entered the train at the Rajghat Narora station and seeing his skull cap, they started making casteist remarks and then began beating him.
Condemning the incident, Saryu Rai said the state government's endeavour would be to address the gaps in the law and order implementation.
Ansari was allegedly tied to a pole and thrashed with sticks by a mob in the state's Seraikela-Kharsawan district last Wednesday on the suspicion of theft and he succumbed to injuries on Saturday. He was seen in a video being forced to chant "Jai Shri Ram" and "Jai Hanuman".
In a major development in Jharkhand mob lynching incident, kin of Tabrez Ansari refuted the reports of his father being lynched 15 years ago
Tabrez Ansari who was thrashed by a mob on June 17 in Jharkhand's Seraikela Kharsawan, apparently died in a similar way as his father died years ago.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday termed the alleged lynching of a 24-year-old man in Jharkhand as a "blot on humanity" and said the "silence" of powerful voices in the BJP-ruled central and state governments over the incident is shocking.
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