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9 in police custody for lynching 20-year-old in Kozhikode: Cops
Nine people were taken into custody in Kozhikode district on Sunday in connection with the alleged lynching of a 20-year-old man at Chevayur the previous day, police said
Published on Apr 28, 2025 06:54 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Kochi
Bangladeshi actor Shanto Khan and father lynched
Bangladeshi actor Shanto Khan and his father Selim Khan, owner of a renowned production house, were killed in Chandpur
Published on Aug 08, 2024 02:13 PM IST
Aligarh lynching: Victim, eight others booked for ‘dacoity’
The family of Mohammed Fareed, 35, have alleged that he was lynched by a mob on suspicion of theft on the night of June 18.
Published on Jun 30, 2024 04:49 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Uneasy calm in Aligarh, markets open
“Markets opened as usual on Thursday morning. Adequate police force was deployed in sensitive areas besides Provincial Armed Constabulory (PAC) at nine sensitive points in the city,” informed Mrigank Shekhar Pathak, superintendent of police, Aligarh city.
Updated on Jun 21, 2024 06:26 AM IST
Ferozepur ‘sacrilege’: Main accused in lynching of youth arrested, say cops
Main accused arrested in the lynching of a 25-year-old for alleged sacrilege in Ferozepur. 22 individuals named in FIR. Case under Section 295-A registered.
Updated on May 07, 2024 09:30 AM IST
Gaurav Sagar Bhaskar, Ferozepur
Krishnaiah’s murder: Convict’s wife, acquitted accused in LS bid
Anand Mohan’s wife Lovely Anand in fray from Sheohar on JD(U) ticket, RJD fields Munna Shukla from Vaishali.
Published on Apr 10, 2024 09:24 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
In Assam, man allegedly mob lynched on suspicion of goat theft; 3 arrested
Police said that Falaluddin Ansari was lynched by locals at the Manipur tea estate in the Katlicherra area on Wednesday night, and he succumbed to his injuries on Thursday morning
Updated on Dec 29, 2023 05:47 PM IST
Biswa Kalya Purkayastha
Man lynched after he stabs girl’s grandfather to death in Ambedkar Nagar village
Police said the man, who was allegedly stalking the girl, barged into her house along with his aides. Besides, stabbing her grandfather, he also injured the girl and her parents.
Published on Sep 21, 2023 01:41 AM IST
SC to hear PIL seeking directions to check incidents of violence against Muslims
A bench issued notice to the Centre and DGPs of Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana seeking their responses to the plea.
Published on Jul 28, 2023 06:05 PM IST
PTI |
BJP booth in-charge beaten to death; youth murdered in Amethi
Dinesh Singh was beaten to death with sticks by six unidentified assailants when he was riding a motorcycle on his way back home in Daurahera village, say police
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 05:07 PM IST
Woman among four held for lynching youth in U.P.’s Amethi
Four people, including a woman, arrested for lynching a 22-year-old youth in an Amethi village. Two other accused still at large.
Updated on Jul 13, 2023 10:15 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Maharashtra: 11 arrested in Nashik for beating to death man carrying meat
The vigilantes beat up two occupants of a car and one of them, Afaan Abdul Majid Ansari, a resident of Mumbai’s Kurla, later died, while the other sustained injuries but was reported to be stable
Updated on Jun 26, 2023 01:01 PM IST
Nadeem Inamdar
‘No intention to kill’: Alwar court on 4 convicts in Rakbar Khan lynching case
A fifth accused, VHP member Nawal Kishore Sharma, whom the family named as the main suspect, was acquitted on account of “insufficient evidence.”
Updated on May 27, 2023 06:39 AM IST
Dinesh Bothra , Jodhpur
Five arrested for fatally assaulting brother of cop
Two of them are watchmen of the Shahi building in Borivali where the incident took place and three others live in a neighbouring building.
Updated on May 27, 2023 01:01 AM IST
Megha Sood
Suspecting robbery, mob lynches cop’s brother
At 4am on Thursday, police received a call from the locals at Carter Road number 5 in Borivali east about a supposed lynching incident in the area. On reaching the spot, they found the victim identified as Pravin Lahane (26), a resident of Borivali east, lying injured on the ground
Updated on May 26, 2023 12:42 AM IST
Megha Sood
In Rakbar Khan lynching case, four cow vigilantes sentenced to 7 years in jail
A fifth accused, a VHP member Nawal Kishore Sharma, whom the family accused as the main suspect, was acquitted on account of “insufficient evidence.”
Updated on May 26, 2023 10:04 AM IST
Devendra Bhardwaj, Alwar
‘They attacked him from behind’: Son of ‘lynched’ BSF personnel recounts horror
Police said the incident was triggered after the soldier, Meljibhai Vaghela, went to confront Shailesh Jadav's, one of the accused, about an obscene video of his minor daughter.
Updated on Dec 27, 2022 09:27 PM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Gujarat: 7 held after BSF soldier killed for objecting against daughter's video
According to the FIR, one of the accused named Shailesh aka Sunil Yadav had made a video of Melaji Vaghela's daughter and uploaded it online a few days before. Shailesh reportedly is the schoolmate of the BSF soldier's daughter, and the two were in a relationship.
Updated on Dec 27, 2022 11:19 AM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
Ex-BJP MLA of Rajasthan who admitted 5 lynchings on camera issued notice
After the controversy, BJP’s Alwar (South) chief Sanjay Singh Naruka told news agency PTI that the party “does not have this thinking”.
Updated on Aug 22, 2022 02:22 PM IST
SIT formed to probe Madhya Pradesh lynching
Sampat Bhatti of Sagar village and Dhansa Inwati of Simaria village in Madhya Pradesh were lynched by a mob of 15-20 people, allegedly belonging to right-wing organisations, resulting in their deaths in a local hospital on day of the incident.
Updated on May 15, 2022 05:50 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bhopal
2 lynched in MP on suspicion of cow slaughter
According to the police, a group of about 15-20 men went to the house of the victims and assaulted them. While two men died on their way to the hospital, the third was admitted in hospital.
Published on May 03, 2022 11:44 PM IST
J'khand guv returns anti-lynching bill, asks state to revisit definition of mob
On December 12 last year, the Jharkhand assembly passed the “Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021” during the winter session.
Updated on Mar 18, 2022 01:41 AM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
Tripura: 45-year-old lynched by women after rape bid on minor
The incident took place in Gandacherra police station area when the man allegedly lured the minor, who arrived for a religious function with her mother on Tuesday, to a nearby forest and attempted to rape her.
Updated on Mar 17, 2022 02:07 AM IST
Priyanka Deb Barman, Agartala
Kapurthala man who was lynched had 30 injuries: Autopsy
Police have neither registered a fresh FIR under murder charges nor added Section 302 of the IPC in the existing FIR registered against the deceased under Section 295-A (hurting religious sentiments), though officials had said earlier that they would probe the murder as part of the same FIR.
Updated on Dec 24, 2021 04:35 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Jalandhar
Assam lynching: Main accused killed in road accident while trying to flee cops
The deceased, Niraj Das reportedly jumped out of the police car in which he was being transported and was hit by another police vehicle in the back while attempting to flee. He later succumbed to his injuries.
Published on Dec 01, 2021 09:04 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Sharmita Kar | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
In Bihar, man lynched over cattle theft suspicion, 2 others badly injured
Locals said that the three drunk persons were caught trying to steal two buffaloes that led to the lynching.
Updated on Jan 08, 2021 03:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Purnia | Aditya Nath Jha
Man, 23, lynched for sexually assaulting 4-year-old girl: Police
Police said the deceased allegedly lured the girl on the pretext of giving her money and took her to the village school where he assaulted her.
Updated on Dec 24, 2020 09:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhabua (Bihar) | Prasun K Mishra
Palghar lynching case: 208 new accused named, 50 arrested
The 50 arrested will be produced before the Dahanu court on Thursday, confirmed their lawyer Amrut Adhikari.
Updated on Oct 21, 2020 08:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Ram Parmar
Ex-member of Maoist faction killed by village mob in Jharkhand’s Gumla
The villagers found ex-PLFI member at a shop where he was reading a newspaper. Seeing the approaching villagers, he tried to escape, but was caught by them and was beaten to death.
Updated on Sep 14, 2020 01:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Sanjoy Dey
Assaulted for ‘selling’ daughter, man dies in hospital in UP’s Mainpur; case registered
Sarvesh Kumar, a Dalit, was trashed badly on the terrace of an under-construction house. No exact reason for the killing has been mentioned in the FIR
Updated on Sep 08, 2020 05:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agra | HT Correspondent
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