...
...

mob lynching news

Radicals behind Baruipur lynching, says CM Adhikari; gives his kin job

Indrajit Mondal was targeted and murdered because of his name and identity, said Suvendu. (ANI Video Grab)
Published on Jul 11, 2026 06:22 pm IST

Odisha Police's Crime Branch arrests prime accused in GRP constable lynching case

Odisha Police's Crime Branch arrests prime accused in GRP constable lynching case
Published on May 14, 2026 01:44 pm IST

Would not hesitate to invoke mob lynching section in GRP constable death case: Crime Branch DG

Would not hesitate to invoke mob lynching section in GRP constable death case: Crime Branch DG
Published on May 11, 2026 09:19 pm IST

Assam convicts 20 in 2018 mob lynching case; sentence to be announced April 24

The remaining 25 accused were acquitted due to a lack of evidence, according to people aware of the matter.
Published on Apr 21, 2026 07:33 am IST

SC declines to intervene in probe into death of man in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar

The Supreme Court said the Delhi Police could address concerns. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Mar 25, 2026 02:39 pm IST

Bihar PHQ issues alert on child-lifting rumours

Bihar police headquarters
Published on Feb 26, 2026 07:04 pm IST

Two arrested for lynching youth in Jharkhand's Palamu, 6 others absconding

Two arrested for lynching youth in Jharkhand's Palamu, 6 others absconding
Published on Feb 23, 2026 08:05 pm IST

Hindu man lynched in Bangladesh: Writer Taslima Nasreen narrates what happened

Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen claimed that the factory manager in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh forced 25-year-old Dipu Chandra Das to resign
Updated on Dec 21, 2025 12:36 pm IST

Akhlaq lynching case: Brinda Karat seeks President's intervention in UP govt's move to drop charges

Akhlaq lynching case: Brinda Karat seeks President's intervention in UP govt's move to drop charges
Published on May 15, 2026 02:33 pm IST

‘Will be lynched’: Goa club owners cite fear, bulldozer for bail; plea rejected

Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, in their bail pleas, cited demolition of their other properties in Goa after the fire at the Arpora nightclub. The court trashed the argument that they would face “irremediable and irreversible prejudice” if denied bail.
Updated on Dec 12, 2025 03:06 pm IST

JUH chief Madani’s remarks on supremacy, judiciary trigger political row

**EDS: THIRD PARTY IMAGE** In this screengrab from a video released on Nov. 29, 2025, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind President Maulana Mahmood Madani speaks during National Governing Body Meeting of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, in Bhopal. (@jamiatulama_in/YT via PTI Photo)(PTI11_29_2025_000458B)
Published on Nov 29, 2025 10:35 pm IST

Ghaziabad: Man tied to tree, thrashed by locals in Dasna

The man being assaulted by the mob on Friday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Published on Aug 02, 2025 05:14 am IST

Mob lynching incident can’t be monitored in PIL: Allahabad HC

The HC said although the reliefs prayed in the PIL were consistent with the apex court ‘s guidelines in Tehseen Poonawalla case, they could not be granted through a PIL seeking general oversight over individual incidents. (For Representation)
Published on Jul 26, 2025 05:10 am IST

Curfew clamped in Arunachal town after youth lynched for sex assault on girls

A mob barged into the police station where the 19-year-old accused was kept in custody
Updated on Jul 12, 2025 08:06 pm IST

Mob drags teen out of police station, lynches him after sexual assault arrest

The deceased reportedly used to sexually assault girls of Mount Carmel School, Roing.
Published on Jul 12, 2025 11:19 am IST

3 cops suspended over probe delay in Mangaluru mob lynching case

The Karnataka Police has taken action in the Mangaluru mob lynching case
Updated on May 01, 2025 06:40 pm IST

SC to hear on Apr 23 plea for grant of uniform compensation to victims of hate crime

SC to hear on Apr 23 plea for grant of uniform compensation to victims of hate crime
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 05:18 pm IST

‘Unfeasible’: SC on national directives on mob lynching

The petition, filed in the wake of increasing instances of mob violence allegedly linked to cow vigilantism, sought enforcement of the court’s 2018 ruling in the Tehseen Poonawalla case (ANI)
Updated on Feb 12, 2025 04:48 am IST

Hindu boy hacked to death in Bangladesh over blasphemous post: Minorities group

People representing various Hindu organizations seen protesting for the security of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on August 18.
Updated on Sept 06, 2024 09:51 am IST

‘Could be a planned one to…’: Jamiat chief on lynching of Muslim man in Haryana

Five of the accused in police custody in Charkhi Dadri on Saturday. (Manoj Dhaka/HT)
Published on Sept 02, 2024 08:44 pm IST

Cow vigilantes lynch migrant worker in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri, 7 held

Five of the accused in police custody in Charkhi Dadri on Saturday. (Manoj Dhaka/HT)
Updated on Sept 01, 2024 03:52 am IST

Row erupts in Haryana as Opposition takes on govt over lynching

Screengrab showing people beating up a man over suspicion of eating beef, in Charkhi Dadri district in Haryana. (PTI)
Updated on Sept 01, 2024 04:55 am IST

Five arrested in Haryana for lynching man on suspicion of eating beef

File Photo: Women hold placards and candles during a protest against the recent mob lynchings in India. (REUTERS/Amit Dave)
Published on Aug 31, 2024 04:20 pm IST

Man killed by wife’s kin over interfaith marriage

Man killed by wife’s kin over interfaith marriage
Updated on Aug 06, 2024 06:58 am IST

HC transfers mob lynching victim’s custodial death case to Crime Branch

Bombay HC grants bail to Sushant Singh Rajput’s former roommate in drugs case
Updated on May 01, 2024 09:09 am IST

Let us not go by religion or caste: Supreme Court on mob lynching cases

Supreme Court (HT photo)
Updated on Apr 17, 2024 03:34 am IST

Locals hold stir over death of boy in Dumka ‘mob lynching’

Residents blocked the Dumka-Bhagalpur road at Kurma Haat in Jharkhand’s Dumka district for four hours. (HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 26, 2023 10:04 pm IST

MP govt to provide 10L compensation to families of mob lynching victims: Chouhan

Besides the MP Mob Lynching Victim Compensation Scheme 2023, the state cabinet led by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan also approved a housing scheme for homeless families and doubled the honorarium being given to guest faculty (PTI)
Published on Sept 10, 2023 12:34 am IST

Hate speech: SC asks Centre for report on appointment of nodal officers in states

The Supreme Court sought to take stock of states/districts not having a nodal officer and to know how effective they are. (File Photo)
Updated on Aug 26, 2023 01:01 pm IST