Lynching now seems to have become the new normal in the country with the increased number of such cases that have gained immense traction since the 2015. After a the ban on beef in Maharashatra incidents of lynching came to light. In most of the cases reported, cow vigilantism has become a regular excuse.
Lynching now seems to have become the new norm. Since 2015, India has seen gau rakshaks take law into their own hands by assaulting people they suspect are smuggling cattle.
In yet another incident of mobocracy, a man was beaten to death on suspicion of smuggling cows in Alwar district of Rajasthan, leaving his family shattered. This was the second such incident reported from the Rajasthan district in the past two years.
The incident took place on Friday when Akram Khan and another man were taking two cows to their village in Haryana through a forest area near Lalawandi in Alwar district, when a group of people severely thrashed Khan.
The incident comes a little more than a year after Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer from Haryana's Mewat, was lynched by cow vigilantes in Alwar. He was attacked when he was transporting cattle to his village in Haryana as the mob suspected him of smuggling cows.
On July 1, a mob had lynched five tribals in Reinpada village in Maharashtra's Dhule after rumours on social media about the possibility of child lifters in the area.
Last month in Maharashtra, two men were beaten to death and seven others were injured after a mob of villagers attacked them on suspicion of being robbers in Chandgaon village in Vaijapur taluka on June 8. The lynching was triggered by fake messages in circulation on the social media.
Before that, in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, two people were pulled out of their vehicle at and beaten to death by a group of irate villagers, who suspected them to be child-lifters on the basis of fake information circulated on social media.
1. Ayub Khan Lynching Case on June 23, 2017 in J&K
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Police officer Mohammed Ayub Pandith was lynched by an angry mob after he allegedly opened fire at a group of people who caught him clicking pictures near a mosque.
PHOTO CREDITS: Zee
2. Durgapur Lynching Case on 26th June, 2017
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Two days before Eid, three Muslim youth were lynched in Durgapur village, West Bengal, by a mob of gau rakshaks over suspicion of cow theft.
PHOTO CREDITS: PTI
3. Guwahati Lynching Case
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A mob allegedly lynched two men in Nagaon district of Assam, after they were suspected to be cattle thieves. This was the first case of cow vigilantes going to such extremes in the state.
4. Hapur Lynching Case
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Qasim (45) and Shamiuddin (65) were thrashed by a mob on rumours of their involvement into cow slaughtering.
PHOTO CREDITS: DNA
5. Junaid Lynching Case
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Naresh Rakh, the accused arrested for the murder of 16-year old Junaid Khan, told the police in his statement that he attacked Junaid and others with a knife after they had hit him with a belt and he'd started bleeding.
PHOTO CREDITS: DNA
6. Pehlu Khan Lynching Case in Alwar
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Pehlu Khan was lynched by vigilantes in on suspicion of being cow smuggler Alwar.
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7. Dhule Lynching Case
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Mob violence fanned by child-abduction rumours on social media snuffed out five lives in Dhule district.
PHOTO CREDITS: DNA
8. Akhlaq Lynching Case
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Mohammed Akhlaq's was dragged and killed by a mob on suspicion of eating beef In Dadri's Bishada village.
PHOTO CREDITS: DNA
