IndiaTomorrow.net,
New Delhi, July 9: In wake of an unending chain of lynchings in different parts of the country, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the central government agency authorised to collect and analyse data on crimes in the country, is learnt to be working on a plan to create a database on lynchings.
In the last two years, more than two dozen people have been lynched by unruly mobs on beef, cow or child theft issues.
NCRB Director Ish Kumar has told The Indian Express that a meeting in this regard was held last week. However, he said that the plan is in its initial stage and is yet to be approved by the Union Home Ministry. NCRB works under the ministry.
Some Latest Cases of Lynching:
02 July: A man named Asadul was lynched by villagers in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj district as he was allegedly trying to run away after murdering his wife.
29 June: Mohd Allimuddin, a resident of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand, was beaten to death by a mob in Ramgarh district of the same state on suspicion that he was carrying beef in his vehicle.
22 June: Three people identified as Mohammad Nasir, Nasirul Haque and Mohammad Samiruddin were lynched in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district after they were allegedly caught stealing cows from a house.
22 June: A minor named Junaid Khan, 16, was beaten and stabbed to death by a group of people in a running train in Haryana.
16 June: Social activist Zafar Khan was allegedly beaten to death by municipality employees in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan when he objected to them taking photos of women defecating in the open.
18 May: Four people named Naeem, Khali, Farzu and Raju were lynched in Seraikela-Kharsawa district of Jharkhand on suspicion of being child lifter.
18 May: Three people named Vikas Kumar Verma, Uttam Kumar Verma and Ganesh Kumar Gupta were lynched in Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on suspicion of being child lifter.
02 May: Ghulam Mohammad, 45, was killed by a group of men for allegedly helping an inter-faith couple in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh.
30 April: Two persons named Abu Hanifa and Riazuddin Ali were lynched by a mob in Nagaon district of Assam on suspicion of stealing cattle.
01April: Haryana dairy farmer Pehlu Khan, 55, was lynched in Alwar district of Rajasthan.
(Data compiled by IndiaTomorrow.net)
