2013 Jhankar Saikia mob lynching

Indian student killed over unpaid fare 2013 06 25 2013 Jhankar Saikia mob lynching Diphu, Karbi Anglong district, Assam, India 25.8465 93.4299 inline,title Lynching 1 Haren Saikia Jhankar Saikia Jhankar Saikia 50 people CID, Assam Police 19 people 12 people Life imprisonment 2013 Jhankar Saikia Mob Lynching happened in Diphu town, Karbi Anglong district, Assam, in India on 25 June 2013 when Diphu College student Jhankar Saikia and his father, Haren Saikia, refused to pay an auto-rickshaw fare of Rs. 30, when the regular fare was Rs. 20, and were attacked by a mob as a result. Incident In that incident, Diphu College student Jhankar Saikia and his father Haren Saikia were attacked by a group after they refused to pay the demanded fare of Rs. 30 to the auto-rickshaw driver they hired, where the regular fare was Rs. 20. Local eyewitnesses said to reporters that, at the time of the incident, there were policemen on duty, but the policemen didn't try to stop the mob. Jhankar died in hospital on 1 July.Nath Hemanta Kumar Assam court awards life imprisonment to 12 accused in 2013 Jhankar Saikia mob lynching case https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/assam-court-awards-life-imprisonment-to-12-accused-in-2013-jhankar-saikia-mob-lynching-case-1650982-2020-02-28 20 May 2022 India Today 28 February 2020 enGohain Hiren 2014 A Note on Recent Ethnic Violence in Assam https://www.jstor.org/stable/24479351 Economic and Political Weekly 49 13 19–22 24479351 0012-9976 Case registered After Jhankar's death, a case was registered (Case no 95 of 2013, Diphu police station) under Sections 294 (punishment for annoying others with obscene act, songs, reciting, or uttering any obscene song, ballad or words, in or near any public place), 325 (punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt), 307 (punishment for attempt to murder), 109 (punishment for abetment), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (punishment for rioting and armed with deadly weapon), 149 (punishment for unlawful assembly in prosecution of the common object), 337 (punishment for causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 338 (punishment for causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 302 (murder) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.Saikia Ritupallab 12 convicted in Jhankar Saikia mob lynching case https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/12-convicted-in-jhankar-saikia-mob-lynching-case/cid/1748271 20 May 2022 The Telegraph 24 February 2020Borah Sandeep Jhankar murder case: Assam court grants life imprisonment to 12 https://www.eastmojo.com/news/2020/02/29/jhankar-murder-case-assam-court-grants-life-imprisonment-to-12/ 21 May 2022 EastMojo 29 February 2020 Delays As the trial of the case was not started for 5 years, Jhankar's father started a Facebook campaign to demand justice and criticized the government for the delayed trial.Bordoloi Sampurna Datta Pinak Pani Fear and Loathing in New India: The Assam Lynching and Its Aftermath https://thewire.in/rights/assam-lynching-social-media-hatred 21 May 2022 The Wire 20 June 2018 Bhaskar Dev Konwar, an advocate, filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Gauhati High Court seeking an official inquiry into Jhankar's killing.Kalita 12 sentenced to life for lynching Assam youth Guwahati News https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/12-sentenced-to-life-for-lynching-assam-youth/articleshow/74412230.cms 21 May 2022 The Times of India 29 February 2020 en Following this, the case was handed to the Criminal Investigation Department.Jhankar murder case handed over to CID Guwahati News https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/jhankar-murder-case-handed-over-to-cid/articleshow/21638722.cms 21 May 2022 The Times of India 6 August 2013 en The Gauhati High Court also issued notice to the Assam government for the delayed investigation.Kashyap Samudra Gupta 25 July 2013 HC notices to Assam govt on student's death Indian Express Archive http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/hc-notices-to-assam-govt-on-student-s-death/1146401/ 21 May 2022 Trial The trial commenced in 2018Goswami Bhupen Hearing Of Jhankar Saikia Lynching Case Starts https://www.apnnews.com/hearing-of-jhankar-saikia-lynching-case-starts/ 21 May 2022 APN News 14 September 2018 with charges filed against 19 people. Sentencing At the end of the trial, 12 of the accused were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, 2 had absconded, 1 was tried in juvenile court, and 4 were acquitted. 12 get life in Assam mob lynching case https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/12-get-life-in-assam-mob-lynching-case/article30946826.ece 20 May 2022 The Hindu 28 February 2020 en-INSeven years later, 12 convicted in Assam for lynching teenager for Rs 10 https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/feb/24/seven-years-later-12-convicted-in-assam-for-lynching-teenager-for-rs-10-2107842.html 20 May 2022 The New Indian Express 24 February 2020 See also 2018 Karbi Anglong lynching Lynching of Deben Dutta References Category:Lynching deaths in India Category:2013 murders in India Category:Riots and civil disorder in Assam Category:Karbi Anglong district Category:2013 riots Category:June 2013 in India Category:June 2013 crimes in Asia Category:Road incidents in India Category:2013 road incidents in Asia