Manipur: Senapati police rescue youth from mob justice over charges of raping minor
Police in Manipur’s Senapati district averted an instance of mob lynching of a man accused of raping a minor on Sunday, December 26. The incident was reported in Song Song village under Mao police station area wherein village residents sentenced the accused to mob lynching.
The Mao Police rescued him at great personal risk and sent him to the Senapati women police station for action.
The agitated mob wanted to avenge the alleged rape of a minor by lynching the accused.
A video of the incident has surfaced. It can be seen in the video that villagers have surrounded a young man and the police are trying their best to save him. But the residents were not ready to accept it. The mob can be seen savaging the accused youth. In the video, a woman from the crowd can be seen entering the police circle and beating the young man. Later, the police somehow managed to save the accused from the mob’s fury.
Since the infamous Mohammad Akhlaq lynching in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh in 2015, such instant versions of “justice” have become a shockingly common phenomenon in the country. Recently, the Jharkhand Assembly passed the Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021.
The bill envisages imprisonment for those pronounced guilty of mob violence and lynching for periods ranging from three years to life terms, besides fine and attachment of property.
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