Indian Government Sets Up Group To Deal With Lynching Cases

Today, the Indian Government set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) to deal with the recent lynching cases. The group will be headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

This comes after the Supreme Court asked the Government to enact a law to deal with the increasing number of lynching cases. The Apex Court termed these cases as “horrendous acts of mobocracy.”

At the end of day three of the Parliament Monsoon session Home Minister Singh said the panel would give a report within 15 days. The panel headed by Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba will suggest measures to deal with mob violence. The panel will also form a legal framework to effectively deal with these cases.  

The panel will report to the GoM with recommendations which will be submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A few days ago a 28 year old man mistaken as a cow smuggler in Alwar, Rajasthan was brutally beaten by a mob. The man eventually died after the police took three hours to get to a hospital.

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