Dimapur Lynching

Nagaland Government has recommended CBI inquiry into the March 5 Dimapur lynching case, Chief Minister TR Zeliang said today.

The mob that broke into a jail in Nagaland's Dimapur on March 5 encouraged prisoners to escape and that two insurgents had escaped in the chaos, a report by a senior prison official has said. The report has also said the mob had hours to carry out a methodical search to locate the rape-accused man, raising questions over the Nagaland government's c...

The Nagaland government had failed to appreciate the gravity of last week's protests in Dimapur, which ended with a mob breaking into a prison, dragging out a rape accused and lynching him, sources in the Union home ministry told NDTV. So far, 42 people have been arrested in the case.

At a time when a maze of social and political issues combined with an atmosphere of cynicism surround a government that seems to have done little to distance itself from the lunacy of fringe elements, comes an evil that seeks the immediate attention of the Home Minister and the government of the day - a film that has apparently shown Indian attitud...

A total of 42 arrests have been made, many through the night on Sunday, in connection with the lynching of a rape-accused in Nagaland's Dimapur last week by a large mob that broke into a jail and dragged the man out.

Internet and SMS services have been suspended acorss Nagaland till 6 pm tomorrow, even as protests mount against the killing of a rape-accused by a mob in Dimapur. At least 18 people have been arrested so far in connection to the lynching.

Two days after 35-year-old Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, a rape accused in judicial custody, was dragged out of the Dimapur Central jail in Nagaland by a 5,000-strong mob and lynched, a judicial inquiry has been ordered into the incident. The probe will be headed by a retired Session's judge.

Two days after a rape accused was dragged out of a jail by a mob of over 5,000 people, lynched, and his body dragged for seven kilometres, the alleged rape survivor has spoken out, accusing the lynched man of giving her Rs 5000 to not narrate the incident to anyone.

Amnesty International India today demanded that the incident of lynching of the rape accused in Nagaland must be investigated and members of the mob should be brought to justice.

Jamal Uddin Khan, the brother of the man lynched in Nagaland's Dimapur on Thursday, has claimed that medical reports have shown that the woman who had filed a rape complaint against his brother had not been sexually assaulted. Speaking to NDTV, he alleged that his brother, Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, had been made a scapegoat and framed by Naga groups, ...

Curfew continues to be in place in Nagaland's Dimapur after a mob dragged an alleged rapist out of jail, beat him to death and hung his body from a clock tower. Security has been tightened on the border between Nagaland and Assam, after the Centre issued a high alert in the two states. The Nagaland government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the...

One person, suspected to be part of a mob that lynched a rape suspect after pulling him out of a jail in Dimapur town of Nagaland, was killed in police firing even as the situation there was stated to be under control.

The Centre has sought a report from Nagaland on the mob lynching of a rape-accused man by a mob in Nagaland's Dimapur, and put neighbouring Assam on high alert for possible violence.

An alleged rapist, suspected to be an illegal migrant, was thrashed and killed by a mob which stormed the high-security central jail in Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur, officials said. Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang told NDTV in the morning that the government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident. The Centre has also sought ...

Nagaland Government has recommended CBI inquiry into the March 5 Dimapur lynching case, Chief Minister TR Zeliang said today.

The mob that broke into a jail in Nagaland's Dimapur on March 5 encouraged prisoners to escape and that two insurgents had escaped in the chaos, a report by a senior prison official has said. The report has also said the mob had hours to carry out a methodical search to locate the rape-accused man, raising questions over the Nagaland government's c...

The Nagaland government had failed to appreciate the gravity of last week's protests in Dimapur, which ended with a mob breaking into a prison, dragging out a rape accused and lynching him, sources in the Union home ministry told NDTV. So far, 42 people have been arrested in the case.

At a time when a maze of social and political issues combined with an atmosphere of cynicism surround a government that seems to have done little to distance itself from the lunacy of fringe elements, comes an evil that seeks the immediate attention of the Home Minister and the government of the day - a film that has apparently shown Indian attitud...

A total of 42 arrests have been made, many through the night on Sunday, in connection with the lynching of a rape-accused in Nagaland's Dimapur last week by a large mob that broke into a jail and dragged the man out.

Internet and SMS services have been suspended acorss Nagaland till 6 pm tomorrow, even as protests mount against the killing of a rape-accused by a mob in Dimapur. At least 18 people have been arrested so far in connection to the lynching.

Two days after 35-year-old Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, a rape accused in judicial custody, was dragged out of the Dimapur Central jail in Nagaland by a 5,000-strong mob and lynched, a judicial inquiry has been ordered into the incident. The probe will be headed by a retired Session's judge.

Two days after a rape accused was dragged out of a jail by a mob of over 5,000 people, lynched, and his body dragged for seven kilometres, the alleged rape survivor has spoken out, accusing the lynched man of giving her Rs 5000 to not narrate the incident to anyone.

Amnesty International India today demanded that the incident of lynching of the rape accused in Nagaland must be investigated and members of the mob should be brought to justice.

Jamal Uddin Khan, the brother of the man lynched in Nagaland's Dimapur on Thursday, has claimed that medical reports have shown that the woman who had filed a rape complaint against his brother had not been sexually assaulted. Speaking to NDTV, he alleged that his brother, Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, had been made a scapegoat and framed by Naga groups, ...

Curfew continues to be in place in Nagaland's Dimapur after a mob dragged an alleged rapist out of jail, beat him to death and hung his body from a clock tower. Security has been tightened on the border between Nagaland and Assam, after the Centre issued a high alert in the two states. The Nagaland government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the...

One person, suspected to be part of a mob that lynched a rape suspect after pulling him out of a jail in Dimapur town of Nagaland, was killed in police firing even as the situation there was stated to be under control.

The Centre has sought a report from Nagaland on the mob lynching of a rape-accused man by a mob in Nagaland's Dimapur, and put neighbouring Assam on high alert for possible violence.

An alleged rapist, suspected to be an illegal migrant, was thrashed and killed by a mob which stormed the high-security central jail in Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur, officials said. Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang told NDTV in the morning that the government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident. The Centre has also sought ...