Mob Violence Victims

Expelled Congress leader R Roshan Baig has alleged that the party in Karnataka had patronised "extreme radical" organisations for over a decade and that MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, targeted in recent mob fury, was a victim of SDPI's "violence

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to provide interim compensation to victims of rape, mob lynching and other such crimes.

A man accused of killing peacocks was set upon and thrashed by a mob in Lasudiya Atri village in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh, in what is a third reported case of mob-related violence from the state in as many days

Passing a slew of directions to prevent rising incidents of mob violence across the country, the top court said the person, who has initiated or instigated any act of violence against cultural programmes resulting in loss of life and damage to public or private property, will be made to compensate the victims.

Five people have been arrested for allegedly lynching a man on suspicion of vehicle theft in Manipur's Imphal West district, police said on Friday. The incident sparked fears of communal violence in the area as the victim belonged to a minority community.

The Bihar government on Thursday approved a scheme for providing interim relief of Rs one lakh to those affected by mob violence besides speedy trial of such cases.

After taking note of an NDTV investigation in which men accused of lynching bragged on hidden camera about the killings, the Supreme Court will hear the petition of the man who survived the attack in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur in June. The top court will today take a decision on the victim's demand for a court-monitored Special Investigation Team probe ...

The mob that attacked five people in Dhule district on Sunday had threatened to set ablaze the policemen if they were not allowed to see for themselves that the victims had indeed died, an official claimed, as chilling details emerged about the horrific incident.

The incidents of cow vigilantism are not acceptable and it's for the states to ensure that such events don't happen, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said today.The Supreme Court, which was hearing petitions on cow vigilantism, also warned against linking mob violence to religion or caste and said "a victim is a victim".

In Kolkata, police had to use teargas on stone throwing mobs that went on the rampage, setting at least three buses on fire on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass after one of them ran over two first year college students at Chingrighata. The two victims, who died on the spot, were residents of areas adjacent to the bypass and locals poured onto the ar...

No violent act is justified, whatever may be the underlying factors, and we must treat a murder as a murder, a terrorist attack as a terrorist attack, a lynching as a lynching, and a riot as a riot, irrespective of the identities of the victim and the perpetrator.

Expelled Congress leader R Roshan Baig has alleged that the party in Karnataka had patronised "extreme radical" organisations for over a decade and that MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, targeted in recent mob fury, was a victim of SDPI's "violence

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to provide interim compensation to victims of rape, mob lynching and other such crimes.

A man accused of killing peacocks was set upon and thrashed by a mob in Lasudiya Atri village in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh, in what is a third reported case of mob-related violence from the state in as many days

Passing a slew of directions to prevent rising incidents of mob violence across the country, the top court said the person, who has initiated or instigated any act of violence against cultural programmes resulting in loss of life and damage to public or private property, will be made to compensate the victims.

Five people have been arrested for allegedly lynching a man on suspicion of vehicle theft in Manipur's Imphal West district, police said on Friday. The incident sparked fears of communal violence in the area as the victim belonged to a minority community.

The Bihar government on Thursday approved a scheme for providing interim relief of Rs one lakh to those affected by mob violence besides speedy trial of such cases.

After taking note of an NDTV investigation in which men accused of lynching bragged on hidden camera about the killings, the Supreme Court will hear the petition of the man who survived the attack in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur in June. The top court will today take a decision on the victim's demand for a court-monitored Special Investigation Team probe ...

The mob that attacked five people in Dhule district on Sunday had threatened to set ablaze the policemen if they were not allowed to see for themselves that the victims had indeed died, an official claimed, as chilling details emerged about the horrific incident.

The incidents of cow vigilantism are not acceptable and it's for the states to ensure that such events don't happen, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said today.The Supreme Court, which was hearing petitions on cow vigilantism, also warned against linking mob violence to religion or caste and said "a victim is a victim".

In Kolkata, police had to use teargas on stone throwing mobs that went on the rampage, setting at least three buses on fire on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass after one of them ran over two first year college students at Chingrighata. The two victims, who died on the spot, were residents of areas adjacent to the bypass and locals poured onto the ar...

No violent act is justified, whatever may be the underlying factors, and we must treat a murder as a murder, a terrorist attack as a terrorist attack, a lynching as a lynching, and a riot as a riot, irrespective of the identities of the victim and the perpetrator.