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Man lynched despite PM's warning: Why is mob vigilantism rampant in BJP-ruled states?

UPDATED: Jun 30, 2017 01:39 IST

Only hours after PM Modi hit out at cow vigilantes for the spurt in cases of mob lynchings in recent times, another similar incident has come to the fore from Jharkhand's Ramgarh.

In News Today show, we ask whether a tougher law would act as a deterrent and why mob lynchings are taking place mostly in BJP-ruled states.  

In Ramgarh, members of the Bajrang Dal Gau Raksha Samiti stopped a vehicle and lynched the driver merely on the suspicion that he was carrying beef.

Modi's reprimand is proving to be extremely ineffective as there's little to rein in those indulging in such acts of crime. The incidents of mob lynchings and attacks by cow vigilantes have been reported mostly from states where the BJP is in power.  Jharkhand ADGP

RK Mallik said, "Based on the prima facie information we have, it appears to be a case of murder. Ten people are believed to be involved. This is a case of targetted killing."

Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi Gopal Krishna Gandhi said, "The moral energy of Sabarmati certainly had an effect on the Prime Minister. But what he said today had he said immediately after the lynching of Akhlaq in Dadri, the other similar incidents would not have happened."

Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi said, "The Prime Minister's words every year are increasinly losing meaning. Words which keep getting repeated but have no effect on the ground. He made a similar remark in August last year. But nothing has changed."

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