On Friday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) double-engine government of violence against migrant workers in their respective states.
The victim, identified as Amrit Mondal alias Samrat, was reportedly beaten to death over allegations of extortion.
The family of a Chhattisgarh native, who was beaten to death in Kerala’s Palakkad district, on suspicion of theft, has demanded that a case under the SC/ST Atrocities Prevention Act and sections related to mob lynching be filed in the murder.
This violence is not an isolated event. Since the killing of a student leader earlier this year, political mobilisation on the streets has intensified.
Late on Sunday night, Rahul Gandhi personally reached out to Hariom’s family, while speaking over the phone with his father Gangadin Valmiki and younger brother Shivam. He expressed solidarity, assured the family of full support.
The assault took place barely 400 meters away from his village after police allegedly abandoned the victim despite pleas for help.
Karnataka witnessed a mob lynching incident in which one man was beaten and kicked to death by a mob after the victim allegedly chanted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ during a cricket match being played as part of a local tournament in Mangaluru.
The recent mob lynching incidents that took place in the district have not only shaken the common people but also alarmed the district police.
Saddam Qureshi, the third victim of the Arang mob lynching incident, passed away on Tuesday after battling for his life for 12 days in a hospital.
The violence and tension started in Nuh district – where the VHP rally was held – before spreading to Gurugram, where a mosque was burnt down overnight. Shops were also set ablaze in the Badshahpur area in Gurugram on Tuesday.
