Citizens for Justice and Peace
Dadri temple priest detained; Centre seeks report from U.P.
02-Oct-2015
NEW DELHI, October 2, 2015 The Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the lynching of a man at Dadri in Greater Noida over rumours that he had consumed beef. The Centre has also sent an advisory to the State to keep a check on incidents of communal violence.…
Attempt to create communal strife; idols vandalised in Gujarat temple
01-Oct-2015
Thursday, 01 October 2015 | NAYAN DAVE | GANDHINAGAR Three shocking incidences believed to be aimed at hurting religious sentiments of majority Hindu community created tension in South Gujarat as miscreants vandalised idols at a temple and in the same region the head of a cow was found near a river bank. According to police,…
`Can’t live in fear, may leave village’
01-Oct-2015
Oct 01 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Purusharth Aradhak Greater Noida Fearing for their lives, many Muslims families on Wednesday planned to leave Bisada village in the Dadri area of Greater Noida. The family of 58-yearold Iqlakh, who was lynched late on Monday night following rumours that he had slaughtered a cow in…
How Samadhan Sena kept the communal pot boiling
01-Oct-2015
Written by Apurva | Dadri | Updated: October 1, 2015 6:23 am The death of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri’s Bisara village may have been shocking, but in villages within a 10-kilometre radius of the crime scene, it is hardly surprising. For four months now, a little-known organisation called the Samadhan Sena has kept the communal…
Man mistaken for Pakistani terrorist lynched by mob in Kanpur
30-Sep-2015
New Delhi: A Muslim man suspected to be a Pakistani terrorist was lynched to death in Kanpur’s Jana Village by a frenzied mob. Few days ago, a man wearing a jeans a shirt was initially questioned by a group of men who presumed who was a criminal. They started beating him up because he didn’t…
Yet another communal clash in Belagavi
30-Sep-2015
BELAGAVI, September 30, 2015 Tension gripped Belagavi city following eruption of violence in communally-sensitive areas of the city late on Monday night. In what appeared to be a planned attack, a car was damaged and an autorickshaw set ablaze near the Traffic Police Station in Kacheri galli. Window panes of several houses were shattered in…
In Dadri, mob kills man, injures son over ‘rumours’ they ate beef
30-Sep-2015
Man beaten to death in Dadri: The attack on Akhlaq and his family took place around 10 pm after an announcement about the family consuming beef was allegedly made at a local temple, police said. A 50-year-old man, Mohammad Akhlaq, was beaten to death and his 22-year-old son severely injured on Monday night in UP’s…
In Dadri, a daughter asks: ‘if it’s not beef, will they bring back my dead father?’
30-Sep-2015
In Dadri, a daughter asks: ‘if it’s not beef, will they bring back my dead father?’ I have lost my father. I cannot lose my brother. Please do everything possible to keep him alive. – See more at:
Kanpur: Man lynched to death on suspicion of being Pakistani terrorist
29-Sep-2015
In a shocking case of mob outrage, a 42-year-old Muslim man was killed in Kanpur on Sunday, reports The Indian Express. His fault being that people ‘identified’ him as suspected Pakistani terrorist, according to the police. Nine individuals have been arrested so far. However police is yet to identify the person who was beaten to…
Ranchi: Meat found outside 2 more places of worship, firing overnight
29-Sep-2015
Written by Deepu Sebastian Edmond | Ranchi | Published:September 29, 2015 11:22 am The erosion of law and order in Jharkhand’s capital city, ahead of assembly elections in Bihar and festival season across the country, continued with meat being found outside two more places of worship in Ranchi on Monday. The situation worsened overnight, with…