Alwar lynching: Supreme Court to hear petition to shift trial out of Rajasthan next week

Rakbar Khan’s father accused a BJP legislator of influencing the current investigation.

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· Sep 10, 2018 · 12:47 pm

Alwar lynching: Three accused charged with murder, no mention of police officials in chargesheet

The police have claimed that Rakbar Khan’s murder was not a case of mob lynching.

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· Sep 07, 2018 · 08:53 pm

Hapur lynching: Supreme Court orders Meerut police chief to supervise investigation

The Hapur police have booked nearly two dozen people for lynching a man and injuring another in June.

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· Sep 05, 2018 · 06:39 pm

Haryana: Mob attacks Muslim man’s house in Rohtak on suspicion of cow slaughter

Yamin Khokhar, his brother and their neighbour were later arrested.

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· Aug 23, 2018 · 10:10 am

Uttar Pradesh: Two Muslim men assaulted, paraded by members of cow protection group

The head of the cow protection group has been arrested, and the two youths booked under the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act.

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· Aug 21, 2018 · 10:47 am

Vigilantes are coming out on streets as police have failed to deal with cow smuggling, says Ramdev

The yoga guru claimed that a few vigilantes go overboard, damaging the reputation of ‘90% of the genuine’ gau rakshaks.

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· Aug 13, 2018 · 08:50 am

Uttarakhand will soon issue identity cards to ‘gau rakshaks’: Hindustan Times

Those identified will be known as ‘gau sanrakshaks’, or cow guardians.

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· Aug 05, 2018 · 11:18 am

Uttar Pradesh: Mob attacks four men transporting a dead buffalo in Hathras

The buffalo’s owner claimed that the men had poisoned the animal.

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· Jul 25, 2018 · 05:44 pm

Rajasthan: Police face questions over conduct in Alwar lynching case, probe moved outside town

The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Rajasthan government to submit a report on the incident.

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· Jul 23, 2018 · 08:24 am

Kota: Five arrested for allegedly beating up two men transporting cows to Madhya Pradesh

The attack occurred the day the Supreme Court told the Parliament to consider creating a new penal provision to deal with incidents of vigilantism.

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· Jul 20, 2018 · 08:49 am

‘Mobocracy cannot be allowed’: Supreme Court recommends new law against lynching

The top court said no citizen should be allowed to take the law into their hands, and recommended fast track courts to deal with cases of lynching.

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· Jul 17, 2018 · 10:57 am

Ramgarh lynching case: Jharkhand High Court grants bail to tenth accused

Union minister Jayant Sinha had earlier met eight convicts in the case who the court granted bail in June.

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· Jul 10, 2018 · 10:26 pm