Perspective: Why is public lynching becoming an acceptable form of vigilante justice in India and Pakistan

Just like Pakistan has been using ‘blasphemy’ as an excuse for mob lynching, some of their counterparts here in India are misusing the ‘beef ban’ as an excuse.

Attack on dairy farmer Pehlu Khan in Alwar district by cow vigilante

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By Deepti Verma | July 6, 2017

It is unfortunate that unruly mobs are now hijacking civic spaces in India. With the confidence of being able to dissolve the unidentified in the crowd, the barbaric act of public lynching seems to have become the new norm.

While Indian citizens geared up to kick off the nationwide #NotInMyName campaign against the on-going vigilante violence and mob lynching, a cold-blooded crowd stooped to demonic levels in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district by lynching a mentally challenged 42-year-old woman, Otera Bibi, on suspicions of child kidnapping and trafficking.

After beating her mercilessly for three hours by tying her to a tractor, the mob, without any fear of persecution, ripped her clothes off and partly tonsured her for allegedly kidnapping a girl. She was taken to a sub-divisional hospital by the police, where she succumbed to her injuries.
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