The lynching of a Muslim boy on a train near Ballabhgarh on June 22, had put the fear of lynching in his heart. "This is not to justify mob lynchings, but to recognise lynchings and riots do not necessarily rely on criminals." Civil society activists are canvassing for a new law, Maanav Suraksha Kanoon or MaSuKa, to deal specifically with the rash of mob lynchings across the country. And on both occasions, after a considerable stretch of studied silence: eight days after the Dadri lynching in 2015 and after about 20 mob lynchings this year. Police say they managed to rescue Ali from the mob, and he died later at a hospital.

Source: India Today July 14, 2017 10:39 UTC