Mob Lynching Over Beef

A 34-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by villagers in Jharkhand on Sunday over suspicion of selling beef. The incident took place in Khunti district, 34 km from capital Ranchi. Two other men too were attacked and are injured.

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.

A tweet by Delhi Congress leader Haroon Yusuf accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of intelligence failure in the Pulwama car bombing has landed him in hot water. The Delhi Congress working president pointed at the efficiency with which cow protection groups operate in detecting beef, but questioned how such a large amount of explosives slipped un...

After an NDTV investigation in which men accused of lynching are caught on hidden camera bragging about the killings, the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Hapur lynching case. Lawyers for the Hapur lynching victims went to the Supreme Court for an "urgent hearing" after NDTV aired the sting operation on Monday. Chief Justice of India Dipak M...

Union Minister Jayant Sinha who landed himself in a major controversy after felicitating eight men held guilty of killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection, said in a series of tweets today that he was "honouring the due process of law".

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narender Modi over mob lynching in the name of cow protection. The RJD chief drew an analogy between a lion and a cow and how people who used to be afraid of the carnivorous beast are now more scared of the farm animal

The legal battle over the beef ban in Maharashtra has now reached the Supreme Court with the Maharashtra government insisting that the stringent law passed in 2015 prevails

A local BJP leader in Jharkhand's Ramgarh has been arrested over last week's mob lynching of a man who was accused of carrying beef in his car. Two others have also been arrested in the case.

16-year-old Junaid Khan was stabbed to death on a train last week by a mob who accused him and his three companions of carrying beef in their bags. Junaid, his brother Haseeb and their two cousins were travelling back to their village in Haryana's Ballabhgarh from Delhi after Eid shopping when they were attacked with knives on Thursday evening. The...

A 16-year-old has died after he was attacked, along with three other young men traveling with him, in what appears to be a hate crime - they were attacked by other passengers on a train in Haryana last night and then thrown off the train when it pulled into a station at Asavati, just 20 kilometres from Delhi.

An accused in the murder of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched by a mob over suspicion of having eaten beef in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri last year, has died at a hospital in Delhi.

The family of Mohammed Akhlaq - the 52-year-old man who was lynched by a mob in western Uttar Pradesh last year over suspicion of having eaten beef -- has decided to appeal to the Allahabad High Court against a recent order from a court that asked that a police case be filed against them for allegedly slaughtering a calf.

Police have filed an FIR or First Information Report against the family of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched by a mob over suspicion of having eaten beef, a day after the court asked for charges filed against them for allegedly slaughtering a calf.

Nearly a year after 50-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq was dragged out of his home and killed by a mob of at least 100 in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri over rumours that he had stored beef, his family faces criminal charges.

On September 28, Mohammad Akhlaq was killed by a mob in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri over rumours that he had beef in his house.

A 34-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by villagers in Jharkhand on Sunday over suspicion of selling beef. The incident took place in Khunti district, 34 km from capital Ranchi. Two other men too were attacked and are injured.

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.

A tweet by Delhi Congress leader Haroon Yusuf accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of intelligence failure in the Pulwama car bombing has landed him in hot water. The Delhi Congress working president pointed at the efficiency with which cow protection groups operate in detecting beef, but questioned how such a large amount of explosives slipped un...

After an NDTV investigation in which men accused of lynching are caught on hidden camera bragging about the killings, the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Hapur lynching case. Lawyers for the Hapur lynching victims went to the Supreme Court for an "urgent hearing" after NDTV aired the sting operation on Monday. Chief Justice of India Dipak M...

Union Minister Jayant Sinha who landed himself in a major controversy after felicitating eight men held guilty of killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection, said in a series of tweets today that he was "honouring the due process of law".

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narender Modi over mob lynching in the name of cow protection. The RJD chief drew an analogy between a lion and a cow and how people who used to be afraid of the carnivorous beast are now more scared of the farm animal

The legal battle over the beef ban in Maharashtra has now reached the Supreme Court with the Maharashtra government insisting that the stringent law passed in 2015 prevails

A local BJP leader in Jharkhand's Ramgarh has been arrested over last week's mob lynching of a man who was accused of carrying beef in his car. Two others have also been arrested in the case.

16-year-old Junaid Khan was stabbed to death on a train last week by a mob who accused him and his three companions of carrying beef in their bags. Junaid, his brother Haseeb and their two cousins were travelling back to their village in Haryana's Ballabhgarh from Delhi after Eid shopping when they were attacked with knives on Thursday evening. The...

A 16-year-old has died after he was attacked, along with three other young men traveling with him, in what appears to be a hate crime - they were attacked by other passengers on a train in Haryana last night and then thrown off the train when it pulled into a station at Asavati, just 20 kilometres from Delhi.

An accused in the murder of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched by a mob over suspicion of having eaten beef in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri last year, has died at a hospital in Delhi.

The family of Mohammed Akhlaq - the 52-year-old man who was lynched by a mob in western Uttar Pradesh last year over suspicion of having eaten beef -- has decided to appeal to the Allahabad High Court against a recent order from a court that asked that a police case be filed against them for allegedly slaughtering a calf.

Police have filed an FIR or First Information Report against the family of Mohammad Akhlaq, who was lynched by a mob over suspicion of having eaten beef, a day after the court asked for charges filed against them for allegedly slaughtering a calf.

Nearly a year after 50-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq was dragged out of his home and killed by a mob of at least 100 in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri over rumours that he had stored beef, his family faces criminal charges.

On September 28, Mohammad Akhlaq was killed by a mob in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri over rumours that he had beef in his house.