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TopicBeef lynching

Topic: Beef lynching

What did forensic lab reports say in high-profile beef lynching cases of the past decade?

ThePrint looked into several cases of cow vigilante mob lynchings. In how many cases were victims carrying beef?

Haryana Police arrest 7, including minors, for ‘killing Muslim ragpicker on suspicion of eating beef’

Sabir Malik, a migrant from West Bengal, was allegedly beaten to death in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri on 27 August. Allegations prima facie true, taking strictest possible action, says SP.

Muslim man ‘lynched on suspicion of carrying beef’ in Bihar’s Saran district, three held

Mob allegedly intercepted Naseem Qureshi & his nephew Firoz at Jogia village. While Firoz managed to escape, Naseem was allegedly thrashed & succumbed to his injuries at hospital.

In Jharkhand, lynching spares no religion and police & govt think it’s ‘routine’

21 people have been lynched in the state over the past two years for allegedly transporting beef or consuming beef, and over child-lifting rumours.

UP cop killed in Bulandshahr had investigated Akhlaq beef lynching case

Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was SHO of Jarcha police station when the Akhlaq lynching case took place in Dadri in 2015. He probed the case for over a month.

How India managed to punish cow vigilantes for the first time in a beef-lynching case

Prosecution acted swiftly, helping the court to complete the trial in 3 months; police & local administration in the BJP-ruled state cooperated significantly.

After life sentence for cow vigilantes, tensions run high in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh

'The court shouldn’t have done the sentencing days before Ram Navami,' some locals said. The families of those handed out life sentences, alleged foul play.

All eleven sentenced to life imprisonment in Jharkhand beef-lynching case

The twelfth accused, a juvenile, is yet to face action, but the prosecution has sought his trial as an adult.

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