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9 in police custody for lynching 20-year-old in Kozhikode: Cops

Sooraj Ambalakkandy, who worked at a car service centre, succumbed to injuries after he was physical assaulted by a group of people on late Saturday night (HT photo)
Published on Apr 28, 2025 06:54 AM IST

Bangladeshi actor Shanto Khan and father lynched

Shanto Khan, a bangladeshi actor, and his father Selim Khan, were both beaten to death in Chandpur, amid unrest in their country
Published on Aug 08, 2024 02:13 PM IST

Aligarh lynching: Victim, eight others booked for ‘dacoity’

Police deployed in Mamu Bhanja locality in Aligarh to ensure peace. (HT)
Published on Jun 30, 2024 04:57 PM IST

Uneasy calm in Aligarh, markets open

A market in Aligarh open on Thursday. (HT)
Updated on Jun 21, 2024 06:26 AM IST

Ferozepur ‘sacrilege’: Main accused in lynching of youth arrested, say cops

Two days after a youth was thrashed to death on the ‘sacrilege’ charge, police on Monday said they have arrested a man in the matter.
Updated on May 07, 2024 09:30 AM IST

Krishnaiah’s murder: Convict’s wife, acquitted accused in LS bid

Former MLA Munna Shukla was one of the accused in the 1994 IAS officer’s killing case, but was later acquitted. (HT file)
Published on Apr 10, 2024 09:24 PM IST

In Assam, man allegedly mob lynched on suspicion of goat theft; 3 arrested

(Representative Photo)
Updated on Dec 29, 2023 05:47 PM IST

Man lynched after he stabs girl’s grandfather to death in Ambedkar Nagar village

Man lynched after he stabs girl’s grandfather to death in Ambedkar Nagar village (pic for representation)
Published on Sep 21, 2023 01:41 AM IST

SC to hear PIL seeking directions to check incidents of violence against Muslims

Supreme Court of India. (ANI Photo)
Published on Jul 28, 2023 06:05 PM IST

BJP booth in-charge beaten to death; youth murdered in Amethi

A youth Bharat Shukla, 20, was killed by three bike-borne assailants near Kakwa road railway crossing. (Pic for representation)
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 05:07 PM IST

Woman among four held for lynching youth in U.P.’s Amethi

A 22-year-old youth, caught on the suspicion of being a thief, was tied to a tree in an Amethi village and then lynched on July 10 . (For Representation)
Updated on Jul 13, 2023 10:15 PM IST

Maharashtra: 11 arrested in Nashik for beating to death man carrying meat

Police said that those arrested claim to be cow protectors. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jun 26, 2023 01:01 PM IST

‘No intention to kill’: Alwar court on 4 convicts in Rakbar Khan lynching case

Rakbar Khan, who was 28, was grievously assaulted in the early hours of July 21, 2018, when he and a friend were transporting two cows in Alwar (HT)
Updated on May 27, 2023 06:39 AM IST

Five arrested for fatally assaulting brother of cop

The watchmen tried to stop Lahane by flashing a mobile torch light towards him, but since Lahane was drunk, he did not pay heed. “That is when the five men assumed he was a robber and began assaulting him with hockey sticks and other sticks. The blows to the back of Lahane’s head were severe but there were no external injuries,” said Awhad. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on May 27, 2023 01:01 AM IST

Suspecting robbery, mob lynches cop’s brother

HT Image
Updated on May 26, 2023 12:42 AM IST

In Rakbar Khan lynching case, four cow vigilantes sentenced to 7 years in jail

Rakbar Khan (File photo)
Updated on May 26, 2023 10:04 AM IST

‘They attacked him from behind’: Son of ‘lynched’ BSF personnel recounts horror

Pratik, son of 45-year-old slain BSF soldier Meljibhai Vaghela.
Updated on Dec 27, 2022 09:27 PM IST

Gujarat: 7 held after BSF soldier killed for objecting against daughter's video

Police said seven family members of the boy who uploaded the video of the BSF soldier's daughter online attacked the deceased and his family with sharp weapons and sticks. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Dec 27, 2022 11:19 AM IST

Ex-BJP MLA of Rajasthan who admitted 5 lynchings on camera issued notice

The FIR was filed on Friday on charges of inciting hatred and animosity.
Updated on Aug 22, 2022 02:22 PM IST

SIT formed to probe Madhya Pradesh lynching

After two tribal men were lynched on May 3 by a mob in Seoni district on suspicion of killing a cow, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday ordered the setting up of a special investigation team (SIT). (Representative use)
Updated on May 15, 2022 05:50 AM IST

2 lynched in MP on suspicion of cow slaughter

A case has been registered against 15 members of a saffron outfit for rioting, voluntarily causing hurt and under relevant sections of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (FILE )
Published on May 04, 2022 03:45 AM IST

J'khand guv returns anti-lynching bill, asks state to revisit definition of mob

Two government officials confirmed that Jharkhand governor Ramesh Bais returned the bill to CM Hemant Soren-led state government on Wednesday with two major recommendations. (Somnath Sen)
Updated on Mar 18, 2022 01:41 AM IST

Tripura: 45-year-old lynched by women after rape bid on minor

While four persons have been interrogated, no one has been detained so far, police said.
Updated on Mar 17, 2022 02:07 AM IST

Kapurthala man who was lynched had 30 injuries: Autopsy

The man who appeared to be in his early of 20s, was beaten to death for allegedly desecrating a religious flag at a gurdwara in Punjab’s Kapurthala district on Sunday.
Updated on Dec 24, 2021 04:35 AM IST

Assam lynching: Main accused killed in road accident while trying to flee cops

All Assam Students Union (AASU) chief Adviser Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya pays floral tribute to the party leader Animesh Bhuyan, in Jorhat, Assam. (ANI Photo)
Published on Dec 01, 2021 02:44 PM IST

In Bihar, man lynched over cattle theft suspicion, 2 others badly injured

Police say they have identified the culprits and will soon arrest them. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 08, 2021 03:34 PM IST

Man, 23, lynched for sexually assaulting 4-year-old girl: Police

The 23-year-old’s body, which bore multiple signs of assault, has been sent for autopsy, said police. (Representative image)
Updated on Dec 24, 2020 09:02 PM IST

Palghar lynching case: 208 new accused named, 50 arrested

The killing of the two saffron-robed men and their driver in April this year had sparked off national outrage after video clips showed policemen heading to safety inside the police station and leaving the three men at the mercy of hundreds of people who suspected the three were thieves. (HT photo)
Updated on Oct 21, 2020 08:17 PM IST

Ex-member of Maoist faction killed by village mob in Jharkhand’s Gumla

The ex-PLFI member was lynched by a mob of more than 80 villagers, including women with sticks. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 14, 2020 01:25 PM IST

Assaulted for ‘selling’ daughter, man dies in hospital in UP’s Mainpur; case registered

Three people have been named in the FIR lodged by Sarvesh’s brother.
Updated on Sep 08, 2020 05:20 PM IST