“They want to kill Him!” - A series of lethal mob
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lynching Attempts on His Divine Holiness
What is Mob lynching - Silent Planned Assassination?
Silent Planned Assassinations - “carrying out assassinations using silent means (like ‘anonymous’ mob) so that no one may be blamed and it may be conveniently dismissed as an accident, natural occurrence or suicide.”
Lynching - “a premeditated extrajudicial killing by a group, informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate a group.” Mob lynching is a method employed for silent planned assassination such that nobody can be blamed or punished, to minimize social or legal backlash and responsibility.
How often Mob lynching gets punished
- 2007 - Dinakaran Mob lynching - 3 people killed by burning alive Conviction - None 2018 - 11 years Trials still under progress
- 2002 - Gujarat Riots - 1,044 killed, 223 missing Conviction - 249 convictions -184 Extremist Hindus, 65 non-Hindus. Several trials completed, several challenged in Higher courts.
- 1990 - Ethnic cleansing of minority Kashmiri Shaivites - 550 killed in a single year and 1,00,000 families flee the valley. Kashmiri Shavites are ancient religious ethnic minorities known to have lived in the valley for more than 10,000 years continuously. Conviction - None, No Trials ever conducted.
- 1984 - Mob lynching of ethnic minority Sikh community - 2,800 killed Conviction - None, 34 years trials still in progress.
- 1971 - Bangladesh Hindu Genocide - 3 million killed, 300,000 raped Conviction - None, No Trials ever conducted.
Who will save targets of Mob lynching?
July 17, 2018 : The apex court of India, expressed its displeasure in growing number of crimes against humanity. A Supreme Court bench, termed incidents of mob lynching in India as 'horrendous acts of mobocracy.' Further the bench, directed the Parliament of India, to draft a new legislation (law) to effectively deal with incidents of mob lynching. It also told the Centre and State governments to take preventive measures.
Mob lynching is damaging the reputation of the country
29 August 2018. - The Central Tourism Minister of the country gave an interview saying mob lynching was harming the reputation of the country.
A newspaper clip from the online version of “The Economic Times”, dated 29 August 2018. The central (federal) Tourism Minister explains how it is hurting the image of the country and what is the stand the government is taking.
The Federal Central Government washes its hands, claims it is an individual State Government Responsibility
The Central Tourism Minister, K.J. Alphons said, “And, the Prime Minister has called them (mobs of assassins) criminals. And he told the states: you have to take action because law and order is a state subject,” while interacting with journalists on 29 August 2018.