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The Indian WhatsApp lynchings are a spate of mob-related violence and killings following the spread of rumours, primarily relating to child abduction and organ harvesting, via WhatsApp. The spate of lynchings commenced in May 2017 with the killing of seven men in Jharkhand , but did not become a matter of national attention until the beginning ...
On night of 14 October 2021, a dalit Sikh labourer, Lakhbir Singh from Cheema Khurd village of Tarn Taran district was lynched by Nihang Sikhs present at farmers' protest site on the allegations of sacrilege [12] by his picking up the copy of a Sarbloh Granth.
In the 2023 Bhiwani killings or Killings of Nasir and Junaid, on 16 February 2023, the charred bodies of Nasir (age 25), and Junaid, (age 35), residents of Ghatmika village in Bharatpur district, were discovered inside a burnt vehicle near Loharu in Haryana's Bhiwani district.
On night of 14 October 2021, a dalit Sikh labourer, Lakhbir Singh from Cheema Khurd village of Tarn Taran district was lynched by Nihang Sikhs present at farmers' protest site on the allegations of sacrilege [7] by his picking up the copy of a Sarbloh Granth. [8] [9] Family members of Lakhbir denied his role in alleged sacrilege. [10]
The Nasir-Junaid murder refers to the kidnapping and subsequent killing of Nasir (age 25), and Junaid, (age 35), residents of Ghatmika village in Bharatpur district.They were allegedly killed by cow vigilantes affiliated with the Bajrang Dal in Haryana.
Fake news isn't just an American problem, or a political problem, or a Facebook problem or a Twitter problem. Yesterday, the Washington Post reports five people were killed in a lynching in India ...
2020 Palghar mob lynching Gadchinchale Gadchinchale (Maharashtra) Location Gadchinchale, Palghar District, Maharashtra, India Coordinates 20°05′04″N 73°03′40″E / 20.0843517°N 73.0611882°E / 20.0843517; 73.0611882 Date 16 April 2020 Attack type lynching Weapons stones, axes, sticks Deaths 3 Accused 115 villagers, 9 juveniles On 16 April 2020, a vigilante group lynched ...
The lynching resulted in public anger, [17] debates on the use of "Jai Shri Ram" as a war cry against muslims [18] and multiple protests, including one in New Delhi held near the parliament house, where protesters chanted slogans against the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded an end to anti-Muslim violence.