{"id":28483,"date":"2018-10-24T12:38:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28483"},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:08:08","slug":"check-lynchings-mha-tells-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/check-lynchings-mha-tells-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Check lynchings, MHA tells States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/check-lynchings-mha-tells-states\/article24344977.ece\">Check lynchings, MHA tells States<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recently, the Home Ministry has asked the States and UTs to check increasing incidents of mob lynching in the country.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fatal.jpg?resize=466%2C275\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fatal.jpg?w=466&amp;ssl=1 466w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fatal.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/fatal.jpg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>2. Mob Lynching:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mob Lynching means killing of someone by a mob for an alleged offence without following any principles of jurisprudence or due process of law.<\/li>\n<li>A lynching is a majority way of telling a minority population that the law cannot protect it.<\/li>\n<li>Lynching served the broad social purpose of maintaining superiority in economic, social, cultural and political sphere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. The incidents were fuelled by rumours of child-lifting on social media.<\/p>\n<p>4. More than 20 people have been lynched in the couple of months on suspicion of child-lifting.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>5. The recent incidents of lynching includes:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two people were lynched in Tripura on June 28 and two in Assam last month on suspicion of child-lifting.<\/li>\n<li>In Chennai, two men employed with a construction company engaged in Metro Rail work were attacked last week<\/li>\n<li>The latest incidence is the killing of five men in Maharashtra\u2019;s Dhule district.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>6. The Ministry has suggested the following safety measures in order to curb these incidents:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ministry has urged the States to keep a watch for early detection of rumors of child-lifting and take appropriate measures to counters them.<\/li>\n<li>The States and UTs has been asked to direct district administrators to identify vulnerable areas and conduct community outreach programmes for creating awareness and building confidence.<\/li>\n<li>Properly investigate the complaints of child abduction or kidnapping to instill confidence among the affected people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>7. Recently, the government had directed WhatsApp to immediately take steps to prevent the spread of \u201cirresponsible and explosive messages\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>8. Responding to the directions, the U.S.-based social media platform said, fake news can be checked by the government, society and technology companies working together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check lynchings, MHA tells States News: Recently, the Home Ministry has asked the States and UTs to check increasing incidents of mob lynching in the country. Important facts: 2. Mob Lynching: Mob Lynching means killing of someone by a mob for an alleged offence without following any principles of jurisprudence or due process of law.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/check-lynchings-mha-tells-states\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Check lynchings, MHA tells States<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704906206},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=28483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}