TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee claimed he suffered head injuries after being mobbed in front of a police station he visited in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Sunday to submit a memorandum against the arrest of party workers after the Assembly elections.

He alleged that BJP supporters were responsible for the attack on him.


TMC MP Kalyan Mobbed: Attack Comes a Day After Eggs, Stones Thrown at Fellow MM Abhishek Banerjee

Confirming the incident on Thursday (December 24) morning, Pangsha Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sheikh Moinul Islam said Amrit was the leader of a listed criminal group known as “Samrat Bahini.” He was the son of Akshay Mondal from Hossaindanga village


Breaking | Bangladesh: 29-year-old Hindu man beaten to death

The High Court of Bangladesh has upheld the death sentence for 20 university students convicted in a brutal 2019 lynching case. The students were found guilty of killing a fellow mate, sparking nationwide outrage. Four of the convicts are still on the run as authorities continue their search.

Bangladesh High Court upholds death sentence for 20 in lynching case

In a major twist in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh mob lynching case, police on Saturday (Jun 29) booked the dead victim and eight others under charges for dacoity. A lynching incident was reported on June 18 when a mob allegedly killed Mohammed Farid alias Aurangzeb in the Mamu Bhanja locality of Aligarh over suspicion of theft.

Aligarh mob lynching: Police book victim, eight others for ‘dacoity’, know all details of case

A Pakistani woman in Lahore last weekend narrowly escaped death after an extremist mob misinterpreted the Arabic prints on her attire as verses from the holy Quran.

Pakistan woman escapes mob lynching over 'controversial' attire after woman police officer intervenes

The lower house of the Indian Parliament passed three criminal laws on Wednesday (Dec 20), namely the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill.

Criminal laws in India: Death penalty for mob-lynching, sedition law to be scrapped - 5 major points

A man was lynched by a blood-thirsty mob in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on Saturday, according to an ANI report. The deceased was accused of blasphemy during a rally of former prime minister Imran Khan's political outfit Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Pakistan: Islamic scholar lynched in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for blasphemy

An angry mob attacked an Israeli man with pepper spray in the Palestinian town of east Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. The incident is reported to have taken place on Sunday night in Isawiya.

Israeli man attacked by a mob with pepper spray in Palestine amid tensions over journalist's death

In Pakistan, 6 men have been sentenced to death for the lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara. But will Pakistan act against extremist groups - who fuel the angry mobs in the country? Molly Gambhir brings you a report.

Gravitas: Who is fueling the mob lynching in Pakistan?

A mentally unstable man has been stoned to death in Pakistan. He was accused of 'desecrating the Quran'. Visuals show an enraged mob of Islamists attacking the victim with clubs & bricks. Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Mentally-unstable man lynched in Pakistan over blasphemy

A mob in Pakistan's Punjab province tortured and killed a man accused of desecrating the Holy Quran. WION's Anas Mallick brings you more insights.

Pakistan: Mob stones man to death for alleged blasphemy

Pakistan PM Imran Khan condemns mob lynching of a man accused of blasphemy

A middle-aged man was stoned to death by a mob in a village of Khanewal district in Pakistan’s Punjab province for allegedly desecrating the Quran. Hundreds of locals gathered in Jungle Dera village after Maghrib prayers after there were reports that a man had torn and set fire some pages of the Quran.

In Pakistan, mob stones man to death for allegedly burning some pages of Quran, hangs body from tree

Mob kills man for desecration in Pakistan's Punjab province

The lynching of a Sri Lankan national in Pakistan has sparked global outrage. But Pakistani ministers are trying to justify the killing by comparing the mob to 'children' who often get carried away by 'emotions'. Palki Sharma has a report.

Gravitas: Pak Defence minister justifies lynching of Sri Lankan national

The remains of a Sri Lankan man, who was brutally tortured to death and set ablaze in Pakistan, were sent to Colombo from Lahore airport on Monday. The Sri Lankan embassy officials had gone to the hospital to escort Priyantha Kumara's body to the airport and laid flowers over it.

Pakistan mob lynching: Remains of Lankan man sent to Colombo for last rites

A violent mob in Pakistan tortured a Sri Lankan man to death and then burnt his body in public allegedly over blasphemy accusations.

Pakistani mob tortures Sri Lankan man to death, burnt for 'blasphemy'

Maharashtra government has now ordered a high-level probe in Palghar mob lynching case where 3 men were beaten to death. The villagers suspected that those men were thieves. Watch report.

Maharashtra govt orders high-level probe in Palghar mob lynching: Police arrests 110 men

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday batted for strong laws to check mob lynchings and stringent actions against the accused. Taking to Twitter, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said, "In Uttar Pradesh, mob lynching has taken a new form.

Mayawati bats for strong laws to curb mob lynching

In connection with the mob violence in Bulandshahr earlier this week, the Uttar Pradesh authorities have transferred two police officials "for their failure in responding in time to the situation".

Bulandshahr mob violence: 2 police officials transferred

The Canadian, 41-year-old Sebastian Woodroffe, had been accused by villagers of murdering an indigenous medicine woman in the region of Ucayali and was killed in revenge by a 'mob,'

Peru judge orders two arrested for allegedly lynching Canadian

11 accused that has been imprisoned for life reportedly includes a local BJP leader

Alimuddin murder case: 11 cow vigilantes gets life sentence

It has been relaunched with campaigners to observe 27 August 2017 as a day to categorically #SayNoToHatred !

Watch: Music video for the ?Not in My Name? campaign against mob lynching

In a functional democracy like India, there is no place for mob violence, voice the participants in #Notinmyname campaign

Death of an Indian and why it should not happen in my name

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