Alwar Lynching

Alwar lynching case: Police files charge sheet against three for beating Rakbar Khan to death over suspicion of smuggling cows

The police on Friday filed a chargesheet against three Alwar villagers arrested for beating a man to death in July after accusing him of smuggling cows.

Supreme Court takes note of Alwar mob lynching incident, asks Rajasthan govt to file response about action taken

The Supreme Court asked the Rajasthan government to file an affidavit detailing the action taken in the Alwar mob lynching case after it had issued directions on dealing with cow vigilantism.

#TalkToAMuslim: How a trending Twitter campaign presented a counter-narrative in divisive times

#TalkToAMuslim, to those who started the movement, was a way to drive home the urgency (and necessity) of bridging the drastically widening gap between Muslims and those from other religions

Alwar lynching case: BJP caught between pushing development agenda and playing to the tunes of its voter base

It is not very tough to see that the BJP is caught in a cleft stick, trying to navigate between its growth agenda and a nativist, obscurantist, divisive and exclusionary one

Lynching cases in India: Politicians' inaction and silence has turned peaceful symbol like the cow into cause of illogical brutality

The cold-blooded murder of Rakbar Khan, absurdly, has been made secondary by some political leaders to the clarion call of saving cows.

Alwar lynching: Human lives important but cows important too, says Yogi Adityanath days after SC judgment

Yogi Adityanath said that his govt will provide protection to everyone but every individual, community and religion should respect each other's sentiments.

Alwar lynching: Token administrative action, diktats futile; India's failing law enforcement apparatus needs overhaul

In horrible lynching incidents like that in Alwar, one thing emerges with abundant clarity: no diktats from SC and no hurried deference from govt can help.

Mob lynching: Modi summoned various police officers before Alwar death, told them to 'keep India's social fabric intact'

Recent spate of lynchings prompted Narendra Modi to summon police officers from various states & direct them to 'ensure they keep the social fabric intact'.

Alwar lynching: State home minister says evidence points to custodial death but case timeline raises doubts

A comparison of timeline of events in Alwar lynching presented by eyewitness and the Rakbar Khan's colleague suggest that the eyewitness and police may have known about them even before Rakbar and Aslam had reached Lalawandi village

Alwar lynching: BJP MLA denounces violence but claims victim's community is involved in crimes

A local Meo leader, Sher Mohammed, called BJP MLA's remarks on Alwar lynching incident an unfair generalisation of the entire community