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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
TopicMob lynching

Topic: Mob lynching

Cow vigilantes, complicit cops & a fatal rumour — justice, but no closure for Hapur lynching victims

Hapur court has convicted & handed life term to 10 cow vigilantes for lynching Qasim to death & injuring Samaydeen in 2018. Samaydeen recalls how Qasim's 'limbs were broken, ribs fractured'.

10 get life term in 2018 lynching of Mohammed Qasim in Hapur, victim’s kin say ‘justice, not revenge’

Verdict comes six years after cow vigilantes killed Mohammed Qasim (45) & severely injured his companion, Samaydeen (65). Apart from life terms, perpetrators fined Rs 58,000 each.

Hindu nationalism has taken first steps toward establishing a Jim Crow system

The Jim Crow project was not eliminationist. Hindu nationalists likewise seek not the physical elimination of Muslims, but rather their relegation to second-class citizenship, scholars Ashutosh Varshney and Connor Staggs write in the Journal of Democracy.

Lynching of Dalit man who ‘stole from Gurdwara gollak’ latest in spate of ‘mob justice’ cases in Punjab

Police have registered case of murder against six men, but no arrests made yet. A video of the incident, which took place in state's Moga district on 15 October, has gone viral.

‘Cow vigilantes’ lynch 32-year-old on suspicion of transporting beef in Nashik, 11 arrested

A police officer said that two victims were rushed to SMBT Hospital in Dhamangaon, where Afan Ansari was declared dead. The meat samples have been sent to forensic lab for testing.

Violent mob lynches man accused of blasphemy at Imran Khan rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

During a PTI rally Saturday, a violent mob was seen mercilessly beating Maulana Nigar Alam after he said he 'respects Imran Khan like a Prophet as he is an honest man'.

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.

Entitled to ‘benefit of doubt’ — Pune court order acquitting 21 in 2014 Mohsin Shaikh lynching

IT professional Mohsin Shaikh was attacked by mob in Pune during 2014 riots. Among those accused was Hindu Rashtra Sena leader Dhananjay Desai.

Rape accused lynched in Bihar’s Katihar was ‘sentenced to death by panchayat’, say police

Police say locals 'caught accused sexually assaulting' minor neighbour. One person has been arrested in connection with the lynching, while six accused are absconding.

Almost 2 months since Amritsar ‘sacrilege’ lynching, police yet to identify killers or victim

Amritsar DCP says no arrests made, yet to determine name of man killed or the cause of death. Some residents support lynching because man tried to 'desecrate' Guru Granth Sahib.

On Camera

Indians should adopt stray dogs. It’s what Hindu value system teaches

Compassion and cohabitation with animals are ingrained in the Indian value system. A humane solution must be found for the rising conflict between man and free-range animals.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Centre appoints Army ex-vice chief Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani as military adviser to NSC Secretariat

New Delhi: Former Indian Army Vice Chief Lt Gen N.S. Raja Subramani (Retd) has been appointed the new Military Advisor (MA) to the National...

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.