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10 arrested in Maharashtra lynching case
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 2 (ANI): 10 people have been arrested in connection with the lyching of five people in Dhule district here, Minister of State (MoS) for Maharashtra Deepak Kesarkar said on Sunday.
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Maharashtra: 5 lynched to death after child lifting rumour
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhule (Maharashtra) [India], July 1 (ANI): In yet another incident of mob violence, five people were lynched to death by villagers in Maharashtra's Dhule district on suspicion of being child-lifters.
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Qasim lynched for being Muslim, claims relative
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jun 22 (ANI): Two days after a 45-year-old man, Qasim, was lynched in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district, his relative said the victim's killing was on account of his religious beliefs.
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23 arrested for lynching 2 youths in Assam's Karbi Anglong
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kamrup (Assam) [India], June 11 (ANI): A total of 23 people have been arrested in connection with alleged lynching of two men in Assam's Karbi Anglong.
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2 lynched in Assam: CM assures action
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kamrup (Assam) [India], Jun 10 (ANI): Amid outrage over the alleged lynching of two youths in Assam on suspicion of being child lifters, state's chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has asked the police to investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice.
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Atrocities on Dalits didn't occur during Vajpayee's rule: Congress
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Shimoga (Karnataka) [India] May 7 (ANI): Days ahead of the Karnataka Assembly Election, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that during former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's rule incidents of mob lynching and atrocities on Dalits did not happen.
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PTI Councillor arrested for murder of Mashal Khan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): Police in Pakistan's Mardan District on Thursday confirmed the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Councillor Mohammad Arif for his role in the lynching of Mashal Khan, a student of the Abdul Wali Khan University in April last year.
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'Stop branding lynching accused as gau rakshaks'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday asserted that perpetrators in lynching cases must not be branded as 'gau rakshaks' (protector of cows) but as accused only.
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Alwar lynching: Two arrested, four identified
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India] November 14 (ANI): Two people have been arrested in the Alwar lynching case, wherein a man, while transporting cows, was shot dead by cow vigilantes.
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Owaisi seeks 'impartial' inquiry into Alwar lynching case
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] November 14 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said that the Rajasthan Government must conduct an impartial inquiry into the recent killing of a man by cow vigilantes in Alwar.
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Strict action to be taken against culprit, even if Hindu: Raj HM on Alwar
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 13 (ANI): A strict action would be taken against the culprit, even if he is a Hindu, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said on Monday, while responding to the recent Alwar lynching incident.
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Mohan Bhagwat says cow-protection issue 'goes beyond religion'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday condemned the linkage of Gau Raksha with violence, stating that the cow-protection issue "goes beyond religion" and attacking people in its name is not acceptable.
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