Mob Lynches Two

Accusing a school teacher in Tripura's Gomati district of sexually assaulting a minor girl student, a mob assaulted him leading to his death two days later, a police officer said on Sunday.

Two cattle transporters died and another sustained serious injuries under suspicious circumstances after being allegedly chased by a mob in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district on Friday, police said.

Two men were lynched to death in Meghalaya's Eastern West Khasi Hills district for allegedly trying to rape a 17-year-old girl, the police said.

At least 10 people have been arrested after the suspected mob lynching of a 24-year-old migrant worker in Kerala's Muvattupuzha two days ago.

The local sarpanch Sushil Singh, and two others - Ravi Sah and Ujwal Sharma - were arrested for mob lynching.

Almost two and a half years after three persons including two Sadhus were lynched by a mob in Palghar district near Mumbai, the Maharashtra Home Department has handed over the probe of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Amarinder Singh - the former Punjab Chief Minister - is the first major political leader to condemn the vigilante killing of two men over claims of religious sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and a gurdwara in Kapurthala.

The Maharashtra CID Crime Branch has arrested 19 more persons, one of them aged 70, in connection with the lynching of two sadhus and their driver by a mob in Palghar district in April, an official said on Wednesday.

A special court in Thane on Thursday granted bail to 53 persons arrested in the Palghar mob lynching case, in which two sadhus and their driver were killed at a village in Maharashtra's Palghar district.

The Maharashtra Government has filed a status report in the Supreme Court stating that 15 police personnel were punished with pay cuts and two sent on compulsory retirement, in connection with the Palghar mob lynching incident.

Two days after two people were killed by a mob in a Rohimapur, a remote village under Dokmoka police station of Karbi Anglong district in Assam after local residents suspected them of practicing witchcraft, till now 11 people have been arrested and a massive manhunt is on to nab the others, police sources said.

Two Maharashtra police personnel have been given compulsory retirement in connection with the Palghar mob lynching case while one police officer has been dismissed from service.

The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to apprise it of the inquiry and action taken against the errant police personnel in the alleged lynching of three people, including two seers, in Palghar district in April.

The Supreme Court today asked the Maharashtra government to apprise it of the inquiry and action taken against the errant police personnel in the alleged mob killing of three people, including two seers, in Palghar district in April.

The Maharashtra CID's chargesheet in the Palghar lynching case in which two monks and their driver were beaten to death by a mob three months ago, says that the incident was a fallout of rumours that child-lifting gangs were operating in the area whose members posed as seers or uniformed personnel like policemen, an official said.

Accusing a school teacher in Tripura's Gomati district of sexually assaulting a minor girl student, a mob assaulted him leading to his death two days later, a police officer said on Sunday.

Two cattle transporters died and another sustained serious injuries under suspicious circumstances after being allegedly chased by a mob in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district on Friday, police said.

Two men were lynched to death in Meghalaya's Eastern West Khasi Hills district for allegedly trying to rape a 17-year-old girl, the police said.

At least 10 people have been arrested after the suspected mob lynching of a 24-year-old migrant worker in Kerala's Muvattupuzha two days ago.

The local sarpanch Sushil Singh, and two others - Ravi Sah and Ujwal Sharma - were arrested for mob lynching.

Almost two and a half years after three persons including two Sadhus were lynched by a mob in Palghar district near Mumbai, the Maharashtra Home Department has handed over the probe of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Amarinder Singh - the former Punjab Chief Minister - is the first major political leader to condemn the vigilante killing of two men over claims of religious sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and a gurdwara in Kapurthala.

The Maharashtra CID Crime Branch has arrested 19 more persons, one of them aged 70, in connection with the lynching of two sadhus and their driver by a mob in Palghar district in April, an official said on Wednesday.

A special court in Thane on Thursday granted bail to 53 persons arrested in the Palghar mob lynching case, in which two sadhus and their driver were killed at a village in Maharashtra's Palghar district.

The Maharashtra Government has filed a status report in the Supreme Court stating that 15 police personnel were punished with pay cuts and two sent on compulsory retirement, in connection with the Palghar mob lynching incident.

Two days after two people were killed by a mob in a Rohimapur, a remote village under Dokmoka police station of Karbi Anglong district in Assam after local residents suspected them of practicing witchcraft, till now 11 people have been arrested and a massive manhunt is on to nab the others, police sources said.

Two Maharashtra police personnel have been given compulsory retirement in connection with the Palghar mob lynching case while one police officer has been dismissed from service.

The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to apprise it of the inquiry and action taken against the errant police personnel in the alleged lynching of three people, including two seers, in Palghar district in April.

The Supreme Court today asked the Maharashtra government to apprise it of the inquiry and action taken against the errant police personnel in the alleged mob killing of three people, including two seers, in Palghar district in April.

The Maharashtra CID's chargesheet in the Palghar lynching case in which two monks and their driver were beaten to death by a mob three months ago, says that the incident was a fallout of rumours that child-lifting gangs were operating in the area whose members posed as seers or uniformed personnel like policemen, an official said.