Delhi: Pregnant woman suspected of being a child abductor beaten by a mob, five arrested

The incident occurred last week in the city’s Harsh Vihar locality. The woman is hearing and speech impaired.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 02, 2019 · 10:11 am

In Bihar, five people have been killed in just one month over rumours of child lifting

All eight attacks stemmed from rumours circulated on social media.

Factchecker Team

· Aug 30, 2019 · 01:30 pm

UP: 10 injured in mob attack on police, healthcare team after child abduction rumours in Fatehpur

Three cases were filed and 15 people were arrested after the incident.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 29, 2019 · 02:10 pm

Jharkhand lynching: Probe team says police negligence, doctors’ lapses led to Tabrez Ansari’s death

The district administration has sought to take action against the police officials and doctors who were involved in the incident.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 12, 2019 · 11:17 pm

West Bengal: Man lynched in Malda for allegedly stealing a bike, two arrested

The incident occurred on Wednesday. Shanaul Sheikh’s death three days later triggered protests in some areas of the district.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 01, 2019 · 04:40 pm

Pehlu Khan lynching: Dairy farmer killed in 2017 not named in chargesheet, claims Ashok Gehlot

However, the Rajasthan chief minister said a case was registered against Khan’s sons during the rule of the previous Bharatiya Janata Party government.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 29, 2019 · 04:26 pm

Jharkhand mob attack: Rahul Gandhi calls it ‘blot on humanity’

The Congress president said the silence of powerful leaders of the BJP in both central and state governments was shocking.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 25, 2019 · 09:44 pm

Jharkhand mob attack: ‘Jai Shri Ram’ can be said by embracing people, says minority affairs minister

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi called the lynching ‘heinous’, and said such a destructive narrative cannot dominate the development agenda.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 25, 2019 · 06:57 pm

Jharkhand mob attack: Police recorded victim’s ‘confession’ but did not mention assault, says report

The police said 11 people have been arrested so far, including a man who had filed a complaint against 24-year-old Tabrej Ansari for alleged theft.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 25, 2019 · 08:24 am

Jharkhand mob attack: Four more arrested, two policemen suspended a day after Muslim man dies

Meanwhile, minister CP Singh said there was a trend to associate such incidents with BJP and RSS.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 24, 2019 · 05:32 pm

Jayant Sinha says he and other BJP members helped Jharkhand lynching accused with legal expenses

The Union minister said that person he had garlanded last year was innocent of the crime.

Scroll Staff

· May 03, 2019 · 09:59 am

Assam: Mob heckles and abuses Muslim man for allegedly selling beef, forces him to eat pork

Biswanath district police, however, said it was ‘not a matter of communal tension’, as the mob had misbehaved with a man from another community too.

Arunabh Saikia

· Apr 08, 2019 · 10:38 pm