The victim was taken to a government hospital where he was declared dead...

Centre's doublespeak on lynching will not do ...

The deceased, Mohammad Rafique of Sheikhpura village under Manikchak police station, was a widower and a daily wage earner,who is survived by four children...

Police sources confirm that the boy did not have external injuries but they do admit he was beaten by villagers...

Sanju Pradhan was dragged out of his house by over 200 residents of neighbouring Bambalkera village and beaten up before being set on fire ...

The arrest follows Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi's statement that there was no evidence of sacrilege involved in the case ...

Lesliganj police station official Gautam Kumar Rai said that they identified the victim during the course of investigation...

No murder case has been registered yet...

Opposition dubs it as an attempt of appeasement politics...

Hundreds of Sikhs were killed in the 1984 riots for which Congress leaders were accused, were these not lynchings, asks Union minister Ashwini...