mob violence

Imphal, March 29 An office allegedly used by NSCN(IM) was set on fire by an angry mob in the Ukhrul district of Manipur on Sunday, officials said.The incident occurred after four members of the banned outfit, NSCN Eastern Flank, were reportedly shot dead by members of a rival group in the...

Amethi (UP), March 27 Uttar Pradesh Police have booked 30 individuals and arrested four people following a violent dispute over fuel distribution at a petrol pump in the Mohanganj area here, officials said on Friday.The incident occurred on Wednesday at the Sundari petrol pump, they said...

Patna, March 17 – Chaos erupted on Tuesday in the Mandiri Kath Pul area, under the jurisdiction of the Buddha Colony Police Station in Patna, when a joint team of the Narcotics Department and Patna Police, conducting a raid against illicit drugs, came under a violent attack by locals and alleged...

Pune, March 14 Five people were injured after a mob attacked a group of Muslim youths who were preparing to break their fast (during Ramadan) near Pune. Following this, the police detained over a dozen individuals, an official said on Saturday.The incident took place around 6:30 pm on Friday...

Prayagraj, March 10 The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday briefly heard the bail plea of Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan in connection with the violence case in Bareilly from last year and posted the matter for further hearing on March 12.Justice Ashutosh Srivastava passed the order after hearing...

Gumla, March 9 An elderly woman was allegedly beaten to death by a mob in Gumla district, Jharkhand, after they suspected her of being a "child kidnapper," police said.The incident took place on Sunday night in the Lagaba village, within the Bishunpur police station area, they said."The...

Kolkata, March 5 – A 17-year-old boy was killed by a mob in Malda, West Bengal, after he opened fire during a clash between two groups.The incident occurred on Wednesday night, and the area was tense.It is reported that on the day of Holi, a quarrel broke out between two groups of boys in...

Kolkata, February 25 Tension prevailed throughout the day in the Pilkhana area under the Howrah city police commissionerate in West Bengal after a real estate developer was shot dead by assailants at close range in full public view in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.The incident, the...

Baripada, February 24 Police have arrested 16 people and detained 15 others for their alleged involvement in the murder of a man and the beating up of two other individuals over suspicion of child abduction in two different areas in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, officials said on Tuesday.A...

Hyderabad, February 21 As many as twelve people were arrested in connection with the communal disturbance that left a police constable injured at Banswada in Telangana's Kamareddy district, police said on Saturday.Police used batons to control the situation after members of two communities...

Malappuram (Kerala), February 20 A court here on Friday sentenced five men to life imprisonment for beating a 42-year-old man to death in 2016 in a suspected case of moral policing in Mankada.Additional District and Sessions Judge I Thushar M sentenced the five men – Abdul Nazar, Sharafudheen...

Ranchi, February 19 Three individuals were rescued from a mob in Ranchi on Thursday after locals suspected them of being child kidnappers, police said.The incident took place in Adelhatu, under the Bariatu police station limits, where the three were travelling in an e-rickshaw with a child who...

Dhaka, February 19 – Business confidence weakened, industrial production slowed, and there were no significant new initiatives or major domestic or foreign investments in Bangladesh under the leadership of Muhammad Yunus, who had taken over as the Chief Advisor of the interim government during a...

Ranchi, February 19 – Rumors of child kidnapping have sparked panic across Jharkhand, leading to a series of mob violence incidents over the past five days.At least 12 cases of mob assault based on suspicion have been reported from different parts of the state, prompting police to issue an...

Dhaka, February 18 Bangladesh's newly elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman vowed to strengthen the rule of law on Wednesday and said his government would turn the country into a safe land for people of all faiths, regardless of party, opinion, religion, or ethnicity.In his maiden televised...

Dhaka, February 18 Bangladesh's newly formed BNP-led government warned on Wednesday that "mob culture" would not be tolerated, amid a rise in mob violence, extrajudicial killings, and attacks on minority communities.Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the senior-most minister in the new Bangladesh...

Chaibasa, February 18 A 32-year-old woman and her baby were allegedly set on fire in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand after she was branded a witch, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred at a village in the Kumardungi police station area late on Tuesday, and four people have...

In Chatra and Bokaro districts of Jharkhand, a mentally challenged man was beaten to death, and six women from Uttar Pradesh were assaulted by mobs due to suspicions of child abduction.The 45-year-old man, allegedly severely beaten in Chatra district due to suspicions of child abduction, died...

Dibrugarh, February 13 Tea garden workers and various organizations held protests in Digboi, Assam's Tinsukia district, on Friday, demanding justice for a young man who was killed by a mob, officials said.Markets and shops were closed, and National Highway 38 was blocked by protesters for...

New Delhi, February 13 In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Friday overturned a high court order granting anticipatory bail to a murder accused who had been on the run for more than six years.The top court directed the accused to surrender before the trial court within four weeks and...