Centre asks states, UTs to prevent mob lynching

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has issued an advisory to states and Union Territories (UTs) asking them to take measures to prevent incidents of mob lynching fuelled by rumours of child lifting circulating on social media, an official said on Thursday.

The advisory urged the states as well as the UTs to keep a watch for “early detection of such rumours and initiate effective measures for countering them”.

“The states and UTs have been asked to direct district administrations to identify vulnerable areas and conduct community outreach programmes for creating awareness and building confidence,” the advisory said.

It was also stressed that complaints of child abduction or kidnapping should be properly investigated to instil confidence among the affected persons.

The mob attacks were mostly sparked off by rumours of child lifting sent out through WhatsApp messaging service.

Five persons were beaten to death by a mob in Maharashtra’s Dhule district on suspicion of being child-lifters.

A series of similar unfortunate incidents has rocked many states, including Assam, Karnataka, Tripura and West Bengal, with people being beaten to death simply on suspicion of being child-lifters or thieves owing to false rumours on social media.

The Indian government on Tuesday asked WhatsApp to take immediate action to end the menace of spreading messages that impact the country’s law and order situation and ensure that the platform is not used for such malafide activities.

Delhi Police raid over 30 locations linked to NewsClick; seize phones, laptops of journos (Ld)

New Delhi: Delhi Police’s Special Cell on Tuesday raided more than 30 locations in the national capital which included the premises of NewsClick, as well as the residences of its...

Six killed in land dispute in UP’s Deoria

Deoria: In a shocking incident related to an ongoing land dispute, six persons were killed on Monday morning in the Rudrapur village in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria district, said police. According...

Vehicle driver lynched after accident on Patna’s outskirts

Patna: The driver of a pick-up van was beaten to death on Patna's outskirts on Sunday after he mowed down a three-year-old girl, police said. The incident was reported from...

Bengal: Pregnant woman murdered by husband, in-laws in anticipation of girl child

Kolkata: In a gruesome incident in West Bengal's Malda district, a pregnant woman was brutally murdered by her husband and in-laws in anticipation that she might give birth to another...

Hindu activist arrested for sending threat letters to progressive Kannada authors

Bengaluru: Shivaji Rao Jadhav, a Hindu activist from Karnataka's Davanagere district, has been arrested for sending threat letters to more than 15 progressive Kannada authors and thinkers, police said on...

Kashmiri students assaulted in Jhansi school in ‘retaliatory action’

Jhansi (UP):Students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in UP's Jhansi have alleged that they were assaulted by local students. This was an apparent retaliation after the beating of UP students...

Pregnant woman set ablaze by her mother & brother in UP village

Hapur: A young woman was allegedly set on fire by her mother and brother in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district after she was found to be pregnant, said police on Friday....

K’taka bandh: Activists try to barge into B’luru airport, detained

Bengaluru: At least 20 activists were detained at the Bengaluru airport on Friday for trying to force their way inside while raising slogans in support of the Karnataka bandh over...

My daughter used to be kept naked for several hours: Minor victim’s mother’s accusation against Army officer, wife

Guwahati: The mother of a minor girl who was allegedly subjected to horrific torture by an Army Major and his wife has claimed that her daughter was being kept naked...

NIA charge sheet reveals Nijjar, Arsh Dalla’s chilling plot; lured shooters for terror acts in exchange for ‘Canadian dreams’

New Delhi: An NIA charge sheet has revealed that Hardeep Singh Nijjar -- the pro-Khalistan hardliner who was shot dead in June -- and gangster-turned-terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla...

Punjab Congress MLA arrested from Chandigarh residence

Chandigarh: Punjab Congress firebrand legislator and AAP rebel Sukhpal Singh Khaira was on Thursday arrested from his Chandigarh house in a drugs case. Punjab Police have not yet issued any...

UP man beaten for wearing skull cap

Meerut (UP): A young man was allegedly thrashed by a group of people here for wearing a skull cap in a college campus where he had gone to deposit his...

Read Previous

RIL launches JioGigaFiber, rolls out plans for hybrid online-offline retail model

Read Next

MEA says passport to Tanvi issued as per all existing norms

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com