Jharkhand Lynching Case

A court in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district on Wednesday sentenced 10 people to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the Tabrez Ansari lynching case of June 2019.

Two young men were tied with ropes and beaten up so brutally at a Jharkhand village that one of them died and the other is critical. The two had been accused of stealing a goat by villagers in Dumka.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Monday said that there is no law and order in Jharkhand and it is now known as ''Lynchistan''.

Amid a furore over Jharkhand Police dropping the murder charge against the accused in the Tabrez Ansari lynching case, Union minister G Kishan Reddy this morning said the law will takes it own course.

Murder charges against the men accused in a fatal mob attack on a 24-year-old in Jharkhand in June were dropped because the post-mortem report said he died of a cardiac arrest, the police have said.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesdaycalled the death of a 24-year-old by the hands of a mob in Jharkhand last week "a blot on humanity" and said he was shocked by the "silence of the powerful voices in the BJP-ruled central and state governments".

The Jharkhand police are focusing on the role of their colleagues and a doctor involved in the case of a 24-year-old man, who died after being beaten by a mob last week. A Special Investigation Team has been formed and two police officers have been suspended for lapses in the case. There is also indication of an attempted cover-up, as the dying dec...

Families of two cattle traders, who were beaten to death in Jharkhand's Latehar district in March 2016, on Wednesday demanded financial assistance and jobs from the state government.

The bloody trail of mob killings across India fuelled by rumours of child kidnappers on the prowl appears to have its origins in Jharkhand.

Two FIRs have been registered in connection with the lynching of two Muslim men on suspicion of cattle theft in Jharkhand's Godda district, a senior police official said today.

For 45 minutes, he begged and pleaded with a savage mob to spare his younger brothers. Then he watched them die after repeated blows and kicks, all in front of policemen who could do - or did - nothing.

A court in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district on Wednesday sentenced 10 people to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the Tabrez Ansari lynching case of June 2019.

Two young men were tied with ropes and beaten up so brutally at a Jharkhand village that one of them died and the other is critical. The two had been accused of stealing a goat by villagers in Dumka.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Monday said that there is no law and order in Jharkhand and it is now known as ''Lynchistan''.

Amid a furore over Jharkhand Police dropping the murder charge against the accused in the Tabrez Ansari lynching case, Union minister G Kishan Reddy this morning said the law will takes it own course.

Murder charges against the men accused in a fatal mob attack on a 24-year-old in Jharkhand in June were dropped because the post-mortem report said he died of a cardiac arrest, the police have said.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesdaycalled the death of a 24-year-old by the hands of a mob in Jharkhand last week "a blot on humanity" and said he was shocked by the "silence of the powerful voices in the BJP-ruled central and state governments".

The Jharkhand police are focusing on the role of their colleagues and a doctor involved in the case of a 24-year-old man, who died after being beaten by a mob last week. A Special Investigation Team has been formed and two police officers have been suspended for lapses in the case. There is also indication of an attempted cover-up, as the dying dec...

Families of two cattle traders, who were beaten to death in Jharkhand's Latehar district in March 2016, on Wednesday demanded financial assistance and jobs from the state government.

The bloody trail of mob killings across India fuelled by rumours of child kidnappers on the prowl appears to have its origins in Jharkhand.

Two FIRs have been registered in connection with the lynching of two Muslim men on suspicion of cattle theft in Jharkhand's Godda district, a senior police official said today.

For 45 minutes, he begged and pleaded with a savage mob to spare his younger brothers. Then he watched them die after repeated blows and kicks, all in front of policemen who could do - or did - nothing.