Lynching In Uttar Pradesh

A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur on Tuesday convicted all 10 people accused in the 2018 mob lynching case and sentenced them to life imprisonment.

The incident happened in Mahokhar village on Thursday night when Nand Kishore Verma (24) went to the woman with whom he was having an affair, Superintendent of Police Abhinandan said.

The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court order that granted bail to those accused in a 2018 case of lynching a police officer in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr.

The SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case on Tuesday arrested two people in connection with the lynching of BJP workers, according to a statement issued by the Uttar Pradesh Police.

A top BJP leader in west Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr has been photographed handing out a certificate to a man accused of conspiracy in the murder of a police officer in mob violence in the district in 2018.

In the past one month, in quick succession, India witnessed two heinous incidents of crime and at the receiving end in both cases were Hindu priests. Yesterday, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, reported the murder of two sadhus at a temple. This incident drew parallels to the horrific lynching of three people, two of them priests, at Palghar in Maharash...

In a bid to contain widespread rumours of child kidnapping leading to incidents of lynching in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has instructed all district police chiefs to slap National Security Act (NSA) against those who are found inciting mob or spreading rumours on social media

BSP president Mayawati expressed serious concerns on Wednesday over mob lynching incidents in Uttar Pradesh targeting women in the name of child theft.

The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Uttar Pradesh Police to conduct further probe in the 2018 Hapur lynching case.

The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it has filed a fresh status report on investigation in the Hapur lynching case last yearin which one person had died.

A group of men accused of beating a Muslim man to death in 2015 over beef rumours in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri had front row seats at a rally on Sunday of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was campaigning for the national election starting April 11.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday came down heavily on her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, accusing him of abetting lynchings and claiming that the saffron party leader will fail to win another election in his state.

A BJP legislator in Uttar Pradesh has claimed that a police officer, who died in the mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr earlier this month sparked by allegations of cow slaughter, shot himself.

Two days after an Indian Army soldier was arrested from Jammu for his alleged involvement in the killing of a police inspector during mob violence in Bulandshahr, the Uttar Pradesh Police today said it did not have enough proof against him.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over the reported mob lynching of a man after pulling him out of a police van in Shamli district.

A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur on Tuesday convicted all 10 people accused in the 2018 mob lynching case and sentenced them to life imprisonment.

The incident happened in Mahokhar village on Thursday night when Nand Kishore Verma (24) went to the woman with whom he was having an affair, Superintendent of Police Abhinandan said.

The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court order that granted bail to those accused in a 2018 case of lynching a police officer in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr.

The SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case on Tuesday arrested two people in connection with the lynching of BJP workers, according to a statement issued by the Uttar Pradesh Police.

A top BJP leader in west Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr has been photographed handing out a certificate to a man accused of conspiracy in the murder of a police officer in mob violence in the district in 2018.

In the past one month, in quick succession, India witnessed two heinous incidents of crime and at the receiving end in both cases were Hindu priests. Yesterday, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, reported the murder of two sadhus at a temple. This incident drew parallels to the horrific lynching of three people, two of them priests, at Palghar in Maharash...

In a bid to contain widespread rumours of child kidnapping leading to incidents of lynching in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has instructed all district police chiefs to slap National Security Act (NSA) against those who are found inciting mob or spreading rumours on social media

BSP president Mayawati expressed serious concerns on Wednesday over mob lynching incidents in Uttar Pradesh targeting women in the name of child theft.

The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Uttar Pradesh Police to conduct further probe in the 2018 Hapur lynching case.

The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it has filed a fresh status report on investigation in the Hapur lynching case last yearin which one person had died.

A group of men accused of beating a Muslim man to death in 2015 over beef rumours in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri had front row seats at a rally on Sunday of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was campaigning for the national election starting April 11.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday came down heavily on her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, accusing him of abetting lynchings and claiming that the saffron party leader will fail to win another election in his state.

A BJP legislator in Uttar Pradesh has claimed that a police officer, who died in the mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr earlier this month sparked by allegations of cow slaughter, shot himself.

Two days after an Indian Army soldier was arrested from Jammu for his alleged involvement in the killing of a police inspector during mob violence in Bulandshahr, the Uttar Pradesh Police today said it did not have enough proof against him.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over the reported mob lynching of a man after pulling him out of a police van in Shamli district.