Public Flogging

Days after the public flogging of a couple in West Bengal drew massive criticism, the ruling party has waded into a controversy - this time involving a top aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Police on Wednesday arrested another person for his alleged involvement in the public flogging of a couple in Chopra in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district, an officer said.

The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Tuesday issued a show cause notice to its Chopra MLA Hamidul Rahman for making statements supporting the public flogging of a couple that rocked the state.

Under fire over the chilling incident of mob justice in north Bengal's Chopra, the ruling Trinamool Congress has said it has a zero tolerance policy on such crimes and launched a counterstrike by drawing parallels with BJP-ruled states

The Supreme Court on Tuesday admonished the Gujarat Police over its officials publicly flogging five people belonging to the Muslim community at a village in Kheda district in 2022.

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday ordered an inquiry by the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) of Kheda district into a 2022 incident where some members of the Muslim community, arrested for stone-pelting, were allegedly flogged by the police.

The Taliban on Tuesday publicly flogged nine convicted of robbery and "sodomy" in Ahmad Shahi Stadium in Kandahar.

The Taliban flogged 27 Afghans, including women, in front of a large crowd on Thursday, a day after publicly executing a convicted murderer for the first time since they returned to power last year.

As many as 1,400 Muslim voters from Undhela village in Gujarat's Kheda district boycotted voting in the state Assembly polls in protest against the public flogging of some men from the community by police two months ago, community leaders claimed.

Some Muslim men were arrested, tied to a pole, and flogged with canes by police personnel in the Kheda district. Crowds were seen cheering as officers watched plain-clothes cops hit the men.

The Taliban regularly carried out punishments in public during their first rule that ended in late 2001, including floggings and executions at the national stadium.

The Trinamool has filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission in connection with the public flogging of Muslim men by the Gujarat Police personnel, party spokesperson Saket Gokhale said on Friday.

District Collector KL Bachani said a local court had taken note of the case of public flogging.

Of 43 accused of throwing stones in a village in Gujarat's Kheda district, "10-11 were detained... police taught them lesson in public", says report

A group of men caught gambling were publicly whipped in Indonesia's conservative Muslim province of Aceh on Tuesday as a crowd of onlookers cheered. The half dozen men were arrested this year at an internet cafe for online gambling -- an offence under Islamic law -- earning them between seven and 11 strokes each from a rattan cane.

Days after the public flogging of a couple in West Bengal drew massive criticism, the ruling party has waded into a controversy - this time involving a top aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Police on Wednesday arrested another person for his alleged involvement in the public flogging of a couple in Chopra in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district, an officer said.

The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Tuesday issued a show cause notice to its Chopra MLA Hamidul Rahman for making statements supporting the public flogging of a couple that rocked the state.

Under fire over the chilling incident of mob justice in north Bengal's Chopra, the ruling Trinamool Congress has said it has a zero tolerance policy on such crimes and launched a counterstrike by drawing parallels with BJP-ruled states

The Supreme Court on Tuesday admonished the Gujarat Police over its officials publicly flogging five people belonging to the Muslim community at a village in Kheda district in 2022.

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday ordered an inquiry by the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) of Kheda district into a 2022 incident where some members of the Muslim community, arrested for stone-pelting, were allegedly flogged by the police.

The Taliban on Tuesday publicly flogged nine convicted of robbery and "sodomy" in Ahmad Shahi Stadium in Kandahar.

The Taliban flogged 27 Afghans, including women, in front of a large crowd on Thursday, a day after publicly executing a convicted murderer for the first time since they returned to power last year.

As many as 1,400 Muslim voters from Undhela village in Gujarat's Kheda district boycotted voting in the state Assembly polls in protest against the public flogging of some men from the community by police two months ago, community leaders claimed.

Some Muslim men were arrested, tied to a pole, and flogged with canes by police personnel in the Kheda district. Crowds were seen cheering as officers watched plain-clothes cops hit the men.

The Taliban regularly carried out punishments in public during their first rule that ended in late 2001, including floggings and executions at the national stadium.

The Trinamool has filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission in connection with the public flogging of Muslim men by the Gujarat Police personnel, party spokesperson Saket Gokhale said on Friday.

District Collector KL Bachani said a local court had taken note of the case of public flogging.

Of 43 accused of throwing stones in a village in Gujarat's Kheda district, "10-11 were detained... police taught them lesson in public", says report

A group of men caught gambling were publicly whipped in Indonesia's conservative Muslim province of Aceh on Tuesday as a crowd of onlookers cheered. The half dozen men were arrested this year at an internet cafe for online gambling -- an offence under Islamic law -- earning them between seven and 11 strokes each from a rattan cane.