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  एन. एच. आई. डी. सी. एल. क्षेत्रीय कार्यालय - गंगटोक द्वारा सिलीगुड़ी टैक्सी स्टैंड पर अतिक्रमण मुक्त राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग के लिए एक जागरूकता कार्यक्रम आयोजित किया गया। राष्ट्रीय राजमार्गों को अतिक्रमण मुक्त और सुरक्षित बनाने की दिशा में एक महत्वपूर्ण कदम उठाते हुए राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग एवं अवसंरचना विकास निगम लिमिटेड (एन. एच. आई. डी. सी. एल.) क्षेत्रीय कार्यालय - गंगटोक ने दिनांक 14.10.2024 को सुबह 11:00 बजे सिलीगुड़ी टैक्सी स्टैंड, गंगटोक पर एक जागरूकता कार्यक्रम का आयोजन किया। इस कार्यक्रम का उद्देश्य स्थानीय लोगों और वाहन चालकों को राष्ट्रीय राजमार्गों पर अतिक्रमण से होने वाले खतरों और इसके कानूनी परिणामों के बारे में जागरूक कराना था। एन. एच. आई. डी. सी. एल., क्षेत्रीय कार्यालय - गंगटोक द्वारा यह पहल राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर सड़क सुरक्षा को बढ़ावा देने और राष्ट्रीय राजमार्गों पर होने वाले दुर्घटनाओं को कम करने के उद्देश्य से की गई। राजमार्गों के किनारे अतिक्रमण, जैसे अवैध निर्माण, अस्थायी दुकानें और अनधिकृत पार्किंग, यातायात के प्रवाह को बाधित करते हैं, और दुर्घटनाओं की संभावना को बढ़ाते ...

Lynch Terror: Turning Democracy into Mobocracy

This Blog is written By Miss. Shanu Yadav, Student of Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida.

From : "We The People of India
To : We The Mob of India".
Introduction
Remember something? Yes, you are right these are the initial wordings of our legal document ’CONSTITUTION OF INDIA’. The only difference between from and to is of the word that word 'PEOPLE' is being swapped with the word 'MOB' which itself connotes the negative meaning, pointing towards the group of people who try to show their superiority by doing certain acts that create fear in the mind of the society and ultimately results in Mob violence or Lynching.
India is the world's biggest democracy and even more diverse one faces mob violence in the name of religion, cow slaughter, beef consumption, kidnapping, organ-harvesting gangs, theft, etc resulting in cropping up of communal tension, harassment and murder majorly.
This article mainly focuses on the concept, reasons, recent cases, and government initiatives regarding mob lynching.
Concept
Mob lynching generally means an "extra-judicial killing" by a group to punish an alleged transgressor.[1] It's an unlawful and informal act that sets aside the legal proceeding and believes in Mob justice.
As per the reports of India spends database: it was stated that between 1st January 2017 and 5 July 2018, 33 persons have been killed and at least 99 injured in 69 reported lynching cases .[2] As per The Quints: 113 people died from incidents of mob violence in India since 2015.[3]
History
Word 'Lynch' was originated during the American Revolution after the name of Charles Lynch and William Lynch. They coined the phrase 'Lynch Law' which meant punishment without trial.
Lynching continued to be associated with US racial arrest during the 1950s and 1960s when civil rights workers and advocates were threatened and even killed by mobs.[4]
Reality
We all come across several headlines and videos flashing on our television screens and on social networking sites. And one of them is the recent one which was being witnessed by the whole nation during the countrywide lockdown on 16 April 2020,
famously known as 'the Palghar incident'.
Here, the mob attacked the two ascetics and a driver while they were passing through the village to attend the funeral of their Guru Shri Mehant Ram Giri in Surat. In between they were stopped by the forest department on check post and they were suddenly surrounded by the mob and were beaten to death in the presence of the police officials.
As per the sources and published media it was mentioned that the crowd had mistaken all the three men to be a member of organ harvesting and child kidnapping gang who are active in that the area at night and this was the result of the fake news which was being circulated through WhatsApp in the village.[5] It was also said that the police had tried their best to save them but they couldn't due to the huge crowd and some officers were also injured.
But as per the videos which went viral on the social media of the incident, depicts another story leaving behind certain questions :
a) Is it the way things really were? Or they were portrayed by the officials?
b) Did really the officers tried to save the three men?
c) Did really the officers were there saviors or the major accused, who pushed all three of them towards the death?
These are the several questions that will pop up in the minds of the people contradicting the statements of the published media with that to the videos made by the bystanders.
Pehlu Khan lynching Case, 1st April 2017:  Dairy farmer Pehlu Khan (55) was brutally beaten up by the cow vigilantes the so-called Gau Rakhshaks when he was returning towards his hometown Nuh, Haryana after purchasing cattle from cattle fair, Jaipur. He was stopped by the mob near Alwar Behror, alleging that he was smuggling cows for slaughter.
He died on 3rd April 2017 in a hospital.[6]
Tabrez Ansari Lynching Case,17 June 2017:
Tabrez 24 yr old youth, who was working in Pune as a welder. He came to his hometown for his wedding which was solemnized on 27 April 2017. But on the night of 17th June, he was caught by the mob alleging of theft. They tied him with the pole, and forced him to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Jai Hanuman' which can be clearly seen in the viral videos of that horrifying night. He was even beaten with rods and sticks.[7]
And on 22 June 2017, he was dead due to lack of proper medical attention.
Dadri Mob lynching Case, 28 September 2015: Around 10:30 pm in the night, when the whole family was sleeping, Mohd Akhlaq (52) and his 22-year-old son Danish Khan was attacked by the mob in suspicion of slaughtering calf who was missing since few days. The whole family was alleged of consuming and storing beef in the house.
Mohd Akhlaq died on the spot, whereas his son faced serious head injuries resulting in head surgeries.
Samples of meat were collected and were sent for tests twice, reports of which confirmed that the meat was not beef but mutton.
This is not the end, the list is much more extensive.
Reasons / Causes
1)Feeling or thinking of superiority: Sometimes tends to result in such acts which lead to the irreparable loss for the family.
Even under IPC the first stage of crime commission is Men's rea ( ill intention). Sometimes to avoid physical acts the ill ideological thinking should be tackled first, especially in crimes like this which takes away the lives of innocents. As one can easily trace the ideas behind these cases for eg: the thinking of cow vigilantes, they are the ones who in the name of cow, god, the goddess does such acts.
2)Rise in cow vigilantes: After the suspension of the ban on the sale of cattle in July 2017, by Supreme Court, relieving the leather and beef industries, India witnessed a rise in attacks on minorities.
Human rights experts seek to highlight the group of vicious individuals who are instigating such incidents.[8]
3)Fake news /Rumors: A more dangerous weapon in the hands of the communal tension spreaders through WhatsApp, Facebook, etc.[9]
4)Failing Police administration : This department is failing majorly in such incidents. Even having the arms and right to use it for the protection of an individual they don't do so, which can be easily used to deter the crowd.
Government Initiatives
1) Creation of nodal officer: The central government has asked state governments to appoint nodal officers on it's behalf, who will look after lynching matters.
2) Creation of  Two high-level committees: By Central government for seeking suggestions and legal a framework to deal with such incidents.[10]
Conclusion
To curb the incidents of mob lynching the duo of government and citizens is required urgently. Being a citizen of the nation it's our responsibility also to take care of each and every member of the society keeping aside the concept of majority-minority and superior-inferior.
Now the question is that how can we contribute against mob lynching?
By breaking the chain of fake news virus, by  ignoring messages, videos which tend to create religious tension, acting responsibly by alerting the police regarding any such incident instead of becoming a part of the mob, educating people on mob lynching through street plays, movies, short films, posters.
No one is superior to the law of the land, if the law of the land provides equality to all then no one should be made to feel inferior, if the law of the land provides for the right to life to everyone then no one is empowered so much to take away the life of anyone.




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