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Witnesses absent, UP court to hear Mohammad Akhlaq lynching case on Thursday

Akhlaq's relatives who are key prosecution witnesses will be provided police protection, says UP court

January 07, 2026 4:18 am

Mohammad Akhlaq’s lawyer informed the court that the brother-in-law of Akhlaq’s elder son had passed away, and hence the family could not attend the hearing.

TMC leaders and police at the home of Jewel Sheikh in Murshidabad after news broke of his lynching in Odisha.

Bengal resident lynched in Odisha, friends say asked for Aadhaar cards

December 26, 2025 5:23 am

Family claims he was targeted over suspicion of being a Bangladeshi; police deny, say victim and accused knew each other

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Chhattisgarh man killed in Kerala was family's sole breadwinner, had left home for better wages

December 21, 2025 5:21 am

Baghel's wife leaves for Kerala to claim his body; kin back home seek govt help for family

The Surajpur fast-track court deferred the UP government's application to withdraw charges against 19 accused in the 2015 Akhlaq lynching case until December 18. (File)

‘Have you ever heard of a murder case being withdrawn?’: Court in Akhlaq lynching case

December 13, 2025 3:17 pm

The court was hearing the UP government’s petition to withdraw all charges against the accused in the 2015 case. The next hearing is on December 18

2 more arrests in connection with Dalit man's lynching case in UP's Raebareli

October 14, 2025 3:28 pm

Valmiki, a Dalit resident of Fatehpur district, was lynched on the night of October 2 near Jamunapur in Rae Bareli's Unchahar area after being mistaken for a thief. Following the incident, the police registered a case and arrested several accused.

21-year-old paraded, beaten to death in Maharashtra village

August 14, 2025 7:04 am

Police aspirant was attacked while with a girl from different faith: Cops

E-rickshaw driver lynched over theft suspicion, 2 held: Noida police

June 01, 2025 12:58 am

Station House Officer, Bisrakh, Manoj Kumar Singh, said, “ A security guard first spotted Rinku. There was some construction work going on there"

Moradabad lynching over ‘cattle slaughter’: Victim’s associate held

January 02, 2025 5:09 am

Police have made no arrest in the second FIR in the case — against unidentified persons on the charge of murder — that was registered on a complaint by the brother of Mohammad Shahidin Qureshi, the deceased.