| 2017 Jharkhand mob lynchings | |
|---|---|
| Part of Cow vigilante violence in India since 2014 | |
  East Singhbhum district East Singhbhum district (India)  East Singhbhum district East Singhbhum district (Jharkhand) | |
| Location | Jharkhand, India |
| Date | 12 May 2017- 18 May 2017 |
Attack type | mob lynching |
| Deaths | 9 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Motive | Cow vigilantism |
The 2017 Jharkhand mob lynchings were cases of mob lynching that took place in May 2017 in Kolhan division, Jharkhand, India. At least nine people were killed, including 4 Muslim cattle traders, in four different incidents.[1]
Incidents
On 18 May 2017, a group of four Muslim cattle traders passing through Sobhapur village were lynched to death by a violent mob. The group had set off the night before from Haldipokhar, East Singhbhum, for Rajnagar in Seraikela-Kharsawan district to buy cattle.[2][3]
In the evening of 18 May, three men were dragged out of a house and beaten to death by a mob in Nagadih, a tribal village in East Singhbhum. An old woman was also assaulted and seriously injured.[4][5]
On 21 May 2017, Munna Ansari, a 39-year old Muslim resident of Kanke in Ranchi district, was beaten by a mob while he was travelling from Kolkata to Ranchi. Ansari who was supposed to change a bus from Purulia, boarded the wrong bus to Adityapur instead. A few hours later, a group of men surrounded him near Beldih Basti who interrogated him about his identity and residence. The mob hardly allowed Ansari to speak and beat him up so violently that he was rushed to a hospital. He was later discharged from hospital on 22 May.[6]
Reaction
The villagers belonging to the Muslim community called for a bandh and protested in a suburb of Jamshedpur, demanding immediate arrest of the culprits involved in the lynching of four cattle traders.[2][7] Eighteen people were arrested in connection with the lynching and the subsequent violence.[8]
On 21 May, the National Human Rights Commission of India issued a notice to the Director-General of Jharkhand Police over the mob lynchings and sought a detailed report in the matter within four weeks.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Mahaprashasta, Ajoy Ashirwad (2 June 2017). "Aftermath of Jharkhand mob lynching is reflective of the State's brewing political turmoil". The Wire (Indian web publication). Retrieved 2 October 2017.
Days after nine people were killed in four different incidents of mob lynching in the Kolhan division of Jharkhand
- 1 2 "Jamshedpur simmers after seven brutal lynchings". The Hindu. 21 May 2017.
On Thursday seven people were lynched in two separate incidents — four at Raj Nagar in Saraikela-Kharwawan district and three at Nagadih under Bagbera police station. Those killed at Raj Nagar were Muslims, said to be cattle traders
- ↑ "3 cattle traders killed near Steel City". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 19 May 2017. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017.
- ↑ Zanane, Anant (21 May 2017). "Men beaten to death in front of cops in Jharkhand, horror on camera". NDTV.
- ↑ Murty, B Vijay (22 May 2017). "Jharkhand lynching: How mob justice took three lives on a single night". Hindustan Times.
- 1 2 "Fresh case of mob assault in Jharkhand on 'child-lifter". The Times of India. 23 May 2017.
- ↑ "Jharkhand lynching: Rumoured to be child-lifters, killed over beef?". Times Now. 26 May 2017.
- ↑ "Jharkhand: 18 arrested for the brutal lynching of four men". Times Now. 22 May 2017.
