BENGAL FLOGGING INCIDENT
West Bengal: Police file FIRs against CPI-M's Mohammed Salim & BJP's Amit Malviya for circulating Chopra public flogging
FIRs filed against CPI-M state secretary and BJP state co-observer for circulating video of public flogging incident in West Bengal. Governor seeks report on police inaction. BJP alleges woman was coerced to file FIR. CPI-M leader denies allegations. Trinamool leader already arrested in the case.
Yet another Bengal woman claims she was stripped & hit
The woman, who has been hospitalised with head injury, told mediapersons that she was attacked by Trinamool workers when she had gone to fetch water. She accused the Trinamool of creating trouble in the area and threatening BJP workers after the June 4 election results.
PM Modi raises Bengal flogging incident, slams Opposition's 'selective politics' on women atrocities
Referring to the viral video showing a woman being brutally flogged in West Bengal, with no intervention from bystanders, PM Modi remarked, "The opposition's selective attitude over the issue of atrocity on women is very worrying."
Attempt to murder charge against TMC strongman in Chopra flogging case
Police have leveled serious charges, including attempt to murder, assault with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman, and causing grievous hurt, against arrested Trinamool Congress strongman Tajemul Islam in the Chopra flogging case, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. Islam, who was remanded to police custody for five days by a local court in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur on Monday, also has 12 old criminal cases, including a murder case, pending against him.
West Bengal Guv seeks report from Mamata Banerjee on public flogging of couple
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday sought a report from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding the public flogging of a couple in Uttar Dinajpur district's Chopra. The governor described the incident, which was captured on video, as "barbarous."
Facebook India chief appears before parliamentary panel; Opposition, BJP MPs allege bias
Some MPs from opposition parties cited IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg and demanded that the government should bring a Bill to regulate social media sites.
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The political dynamics of lynching
There is much variation in what the term lynching means. But what’s constant is that from the US in the 1900s to India now, lynching has been a strategy used for the political sense it makes at a local level.
23 people killed in 'cow terrorism' since 2014
A review of media reports shows 32 cases of attacks by mobs or vigilante groups on Muslims since May 2014. In these attacks, 23 people were killed, including women and children.
Rahul Gandhi was sleeping when Lok Sabha was discussing Dalit issue: Anandiben Patel
Congress VP had visited Rajkot and Mota Samadhiyala village in Una tehsil of Gir-Somnath district on July 21 and met the Dalit youths who had been flogged by a cow protection group.
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