NEW DELHI: Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday called most of the lynching cases ‘fabricated and fake’.
Naqvi made the statement in response to Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan‘s statement on Saturday saying that the growing cases of mob lynching against Muslims are a punishment for not migrating to Pakistan after the partition in 1947.
Lynching- ‘fabricated and fake’
Reacting to Khan’s statement, Naqvi told a news channel that most cases of mob lynching are “concocted and fake”. Khan had said: “If Muslims went to Pakistan, they would not get this punishment. Why our ancestors did not go to Pakistan? They regarded India as their own country. Now they will be punished and they will have to endure.”
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala slammed Naqvi and told India Today, “I respect Naqvi Ji but does he even know what is happening with a minority in this country?”
“BJP doesn’t feel anything for the minorities. Everyone in the ruling party is trying to shield the culprits”, Surjewala added.
Incidents of mobs lynching
The mob lynching incidents from different parts of the country have constantly gone up.
The mob lynching on the basis of rumors has become “the norm of the day” where the fierce mob has started believing they can take law and order in their own hands and dispense instant justice on basis of mere rumors.
On Saturday (July 20th), a 58-year-old man was beaten to death by a mob in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district on suspicion of stealing peacocks.
On Friday (July 19th), three men thrashed to death on the charge of cattle theft in the Baniyapur area of Saran district.
News portal The Quint reported as many as 98 deaths across India since 2015.