{"id":51002,"date":"2019-08-07T17:27:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T11:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=51002"},"modified":"2019-08-07T17:28:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T11:58:00","slug":"answered-fight-against-social-evils-like-mob-lynching-and-honour-killings-demands-states-and-community-efforts-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-fight-against-social-evils-like-mob-lynching-and-honour-killings-demands-states-and-community-efforts-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cFight against social evils like mob lynching and honour killings demands state\u2019s and community efforts.\u201d Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Demand of the question<\/strong> <br><strong>Introduction.<\/strong> Contextual Introduction. <br><strong>Body. <\/strong>Facts of these crimes in India. Importance of state and community action to prevent these crimes. <br><strong>Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>Mob lynching and honour\nkillings in India has increased in recent past. Crime against minority\nespecially religious minority and killing of girls in the name of honour is not\nonly a serious crime but a malaise that threaten our social fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Malaise of these crimes in\nIndia:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Honour killings: <\/strong>In the Past five years in the state, 71 cases of Khap Panchayats (caste councils which function like kangaroo courts) were registered and 10 cases of honour killing occurred in which four men and eight women were killed. <ul><li>Such cases have increased in the past few years and have become hurdle in societal development.<\/li><li>Sections of the IPC and the CrPc were not adequate in dealing with such cases.<\/li><li>Such crimes are in violation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women which provide that women should have the right to freely choose a spouse.<\/li><li>These actions of honour killing are also violative of certain fundamental rights in the Constitution of India, including the right to life, and liberty which includes the right to bodily integrity, and the right to choose whom to associate with.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Mob lynching: &nbsp;<\/strong>Mob Lynching means killing of someone by a mob for an alleged offence without following any principles of jurisprudence or due process of law.<ul><li>In 21% of the cases, the police filed cases against the victims\/survivors. (India spend report).<\/li><li>According to \u2018India spend\u2019 52% of attacks in last 8 years is based on rumors.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why state\u2019s and community\u2019s efforts are critical?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Implementation of law: An act of lynching reflects failure of law to\nprotect minorities and punish the culprits. State action is important in strict\nenforcement of law and punishing the culprits.<\/li><li><strong>Lack of accountability and conviction: <\/strong>Mob has no face. This impunity leads mob to take extreme steps. Thus\ncommunity and state role increase to stop such crimes. Active participation of\ncivil society against such crimes and helping state and law enforcement\nagencies in nabbing the criminal is critical.<\/li><li><strong>Vote-bank politics:<\/strong> Sometimes, political\nmobilisation that uses violence as a tool of politics, support such elements in\nsociety. Here community awareness and action against such politicians become\nnecessary to prevent such vote bank politics.<\/li><li><strong>Police failure: <\/strong>Indifferent\nattitude of Police leads people to take law in their own hands. Also police delays\nand inability to catch the criminals lead to more such incidents. State should\nbe more proactive in police reforms. Strict action should be taken against any\npolice officials who do not record such incidents in criminal records.<\/li><li><strong>Social media menace: <\/strong>Rise in\npenetration of Social media and its usage to spread rumours and hatred has\nexaggerated such incidents. A vigil community with state action on taking action\nagainst cyber criminals is must to prevent fake news and rumours.<\/li><li><strong>High Unemployment rates: <\/strong>High unemployment leave millions of youth unengaged. These young brains\nare often misguided and brainwashed through various ideologies and agendas.\nState action is important to provide more employment opportunities to youth\nwith focus on economic development of the region.<\/li><li><strong>Against social peace: <\/strong>These crimes\nimpact solidarity of society and idea of Unity in diversity. This create an\natmosphere of majority v\/s minority. It could aggravate caste, class and\ncommunal hatred. Thus community and state need to work together to stop such\ncrimes. Programs especially focused on teaching values of tolerance and\nsecularism is important.<\/li><li><strong>Managing anxieties: <\/strong>There is need\nof continued responsiveness on part of the local administration in dealing with\nanxiety and suspicion in local communities. Community Sensitisation and\nawareness through multi-media campaigns is important. Counter-information\ncampaign to check fear-mongering and fake news.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Government has launched Ek bharat Shrestha bharat for sustained and\nstructured cultural connect between citizens of different regions. There is\nneed of proactive role played by community and state governments. Government\nshould criminalises the act of mob violence. Awarding of penalties on public servants\nfor failing to investigate properly due to neglect of their duties is important.\nFor a\ndemographically diverse country such as India, such crimes are a disaster. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Facts of these crimes in India. Importance of state and community action to prevent these crimes. Conclusion. Way forward. Mob lynching and honour killings in India has increased in recent past. Crime against minority especially religious minority and killing of girls in the name of honour is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-fight-against-social-evils-like-mob-lynching-and-honour-killings-demands-states-and-community-efforts-comment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[Answered] \u201cFight against social evils like mob lynching and honour killings demands state\u2019s and community efforts.\u201d Comment.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51002","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}