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The two were taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead, police said. (photo: Representational)

Centre directs states, UT's to take measures to prevent mob lynching

MHA stressed that complaints of child abduction or kidnapping should be properly investigated to instil confidence among...

5 July 2018 2:59 PM IST

The tribals had arrived on the night of last Saturday and had planned to go to the police station on Sunday to register themselves. (Photo: File/ANI)

Dhule mob was so furious that they wanted to burn bodies after killing

The victims belonged to the nomadic Nath Gosavi community who move from place to place in Maharashtra in search of food...

5 July 2018 12:21 PM IST

A police unit had been countering rumours.

Dhule lynching occurred despite slew of measures

The police had also deputed 20-odd beat constables to apprise gram panchayat and other village officials on the need to...

3 July 2018 1:39 AM IST

An angry mob had attacked the men after one of them spoke to a girl child in the village. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Mob that lynched 5 in Maharashtra demand bodies to confirm death

On the basis of photos and videos of the incident, police have identified a few other accused and 5 teams are currently...

2 July 2018 1:57 PM IST

MoS Maharashtra Deepak Kesarkar urged people to not take law into their own hands. (Photo: ANI)

10 arrested for lynching five people in Maharashtra

Five people were lynched by villagers in Dhule district on Sunday, on suspicion of being child-lifters.

2 July 2018 8:04 AM IST

Video grabs show a mob of villagers beating up five people. Over the past few days, Rainpada village has been rife with rumours of a gang of child-lifters.

Five lynched in Maharashtra over rumours of child-lifting

The five persons were later herded to a room where they were beaten to death with sticks.

2 July 2018 12:35 AM IST

According to the police, there were rumours for the last few days that a gang of child lifters was active in the area. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

5 killed by villagers in Maharashtra after child lifting rumours

When one of them, after getting down from a state transport bus, tried to speak to a girl child, the villagers pounced...

1 July 2018 5:52 PM IST

55-year-old Pehlu Khan was beaten to death on April 1 in Rajasthans Alwar district by a mob of gau rakshaks. (Photo: Screengrab)

Rajasthan govt challenges acquittal of 6 in Pehlu Khan lynching

The appeal in the high court was filed after the Rajasthan government said it will re-examine the case and set up a SIT.

18 Oct 2019 11:01 AM IST

The accused husband, Kamil, walked into the Kamla Market police station in the early hours of Sunday and confessed to the murder, police said. (Representational image)

2, including minor, killed as Bihar mob goes berserk

The incident has prompted a scathing attack by opposition parties against chief minister Nitish Kumar's good governance.

3 Jan 2019 1:31 AM IST

People in Ahmedabad raise slogans against the lynching of fellow citizens (Photo: PTI)

Divided we stand! Friendships wither in fundamentalist times

Let us vote out a government has subverted the bureaucracy, politicised the defence services and changed statistical...

28 March 2019 12:46 AM IST

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi also criticised the central government on Triple Talaq Bill and termed it an attack on sharia. (Photo: PTI)

Lynching of Muslims and Dalits are linked to Sangh Parivar: Asaduddin...

The statement from Owaisi comes a day after one Muslim boy was thrashed by unidentified men for not chanting 'Jai Shri...

30 Jun 2019 4:25 PM IST

Khans family said they were disappointed after learning that Rajasthan police had filed a chargesheet against him. They said they had expected justice from the Congress government. (Photo: PTI)

'Disappointed, expected justice from Cong, not chargesheet': Pehlu...

The chargesheet was prepared on December 30, last year, soon after the Congress came to power in the state.

29 Jun 2019 4:52 PM IST