J&K mob lynching: The man’s body was taken to police control room for identification and other legal procedures, they said adding the situation in the old city has turned tense following the incident. J&K mob lynching: The man’s body was taken to police control room for identification and other legal procedures, they said adding the situation in the old city has turned tense following the incident. An unidentified man was lynched by an irate mob after he allegedly opened fire at a group of people who caught him clicking pictures near a mosque in downtown area of Srinagar. A man was seen moving in suspicious circumstances by some people near Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area at 0030 hours, police sources said. The irate mob then caught hold of him and stripped him naked before stoning him to death, the sources said.

Source: Indian Express June 23, 2017 02:08 UTC