Nagaland Rapist 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...

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.

Internet and SMS services have been suspended acorss Nagaland till 6 pm tomorrow, even as protests mount against the killing of a rape-accused by a mob in Dimapur. At least 18 people have been arrested so far in connection to the lynching.

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, ...

Curfew continues to be in place in Nagaland's Dimapur after a mob dragged an alleged rapist out of jail, beat him to death and hung his body from a clock tower. Security has been tightened on the border between Nagaland and Assam, after the Centre issued a high alert in the two states. The Nagaland government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the...

The Centre has sought a report from Nagaland on the mob lynching of a rape-accused man by a mob in Nagaland's Dimapur, and put neighbouring Assam on high alert for possible violence.

An alleged rapist, suspected to be an illegal migrant, was thrashed and killed by a mob which stormed the high-security central jail in Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur, officials said. Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang told NDTV in the morning that the government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident. The Centre has also sought ...

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...

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.

Internet and SMS services have been suspended acorss Nagaland till 6 pm tomorrow, even as protests mount against the killing of a rape-accused by a mob in Dimapur. At least 18 people have been arrested so far in connection to the lynching.

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, ...

Curfew continues to be in place in Nagaland's Dimapur after a mob dragged an alleged rapist out of jail, beat him to death and hung his body from a clock tower. Security has been tightened on the border between Nagaland and Assam, after the Centre issued a high alert in the two states. The Nagaland government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the...

The Centre has sought a report from Nagaland on the mob lynching of a rape-accused man by a mob in Nagaland's Dimapur, and put neighbouring Assam on high alert for possible violence.

An alleged rapist, suspected to be an illegal migrant, was thrashed and killed by a mob which stormed the high-security central jail in Nagaland's commercial town of Dimapur, officials said. Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang told NDTV in the morning that the government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident. The Centre has also sought ...