Nagaland Rape Accused Lynched

The mob that broke into a jail in Nagaland's Dimapur on March 5 encouraged prisoners to escape and that two insurgents had escaped in the chaos, a report by a senior prison official has said. The report has also said the mob had hours to carry out a methodical search to locate the rape-accused man, raising questions over the Nagaland government's c...

The Nagaland government had failed to appreciate the gravity of last week's protests in Dimapur, which ended with a mob breaking into a prison, dragging out a rape accused and lynching him, sources in the Union home ministry told NDTV. So far, 42 people have been arrested in the case.

A total of 42 arrests have been made, many through the night on Sunday, in connection with the lynching of a rape-accused in Nagaland's Dimapur last week by a large mob that broke into a jail and dragged the man out.

Two days after 35-year-old Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, a rape accused in judicial custody, was dragged out of the Dimapur Central jail in Nagaland by a 5,000-strong mob and lynched, a judicial inquiry has been ordered into the incident. The probe will be headed by a retired Session's judge.

Two days after a rape accused was dragged out of a jail by a mob of over 5,000 people, lynched, and his body dragged for seven kilometres, the alleged rape survivor has spoken out, accusing the lynched man of giving her Rs 5000 to not narrate the incident to anyone.

The Assam Chief Minister said the family members of the rape accused wanted the body to be brought home and efforts were being made to do so.

Amnesty International India today demanded that the incident of lynching of the rape accused in Nagaland must be investigated and members of the mob should be brought to justice.

Jamal Uddin Khan, the brother of the man lynched in Nagaland's Dimapur on Thursday, has claimed that medical reports have shown that the woman who had filed a rape complaint against his brother had not been sexually assaulted. Speaking to NDTV, he alleged that his brother, Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, had been made a scapegoat and framed by Naga groups, ...

The mob that broke into a jail in Nagaland's Dimapur on March 5 encouraged prisoners to escape and that two insurgents had escaped in the chaos, a report by a senior prison official has said. The report has also said the mob had hours to carry out a methodical search to locate the rape-accused man, raising questions over the Nagaland government's c...

The Nagaland government had failed to appreciate the gravity of last week's protests in Dimapur, which ended with a mob breaking into a prison, dragging out a rape accused and lynching him, sources in the Union home ministry told NDTV. So far, 42 people have been arrested in the case.

A total of 42 arrests have been made, many through the night on Sunday, in connection with the lynching of a rape-accused in Nagaland's Dimapur last week by a large mob that broke into a jail and dragged the man out.

Two days after 35-year-old Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, a rape accused in judicial custody, was dragged out of the Dimapur Central jail in Nagaland by a 5,000-strong mob and lynched, a judicial inquiry has been ordered into the incident. The probe will be headed by a retired Session's judge.

Two days after a rape accused was dragged out of a jail by a mob of over 5,000 people, lynched, and his body dragged for seven kilometres, the alleged rape survivor has spoken out, accusing the lynched man of giving her Rs 5000 to not narrate the incident to anyone.

The Assam Chief Minister said the family members of the rape accused wanted the body to be brought home and efforts were being made to do so.

Amnesty International India today demanded that the incident of lynching of the rape accused in Nagaland must be investigated and members of the mob should be brought to justice.

Jamal Uddin Khan, the brother of the man lynched in Nagaland's Dimapur on Thursday, has claimed that medical reports have shown that the woman who had filed a rape complaint against his brother had not been sexually assaulted. Speaking to NDTV, he alleged that his brother, Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, had been made a scapegoat and framed by Naga groups, ...