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| location = [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]<br />
| date = {{start date|2017|05|12|df=y}}-<br />{{end date|2017|05|18|df=y}}<br />
| type = [[Mob lynching]]<br />
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'''2017 Jharkhand Mob Lynching''' was a case of [[mob lynching]] that occurred in May 2017 in the Indian state of [[Jharkhand]], specifically in the [[Kolhan division]]. At least nine people, including four [[Muslim]] cattle traders, were killed in four separate incidents.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thewire.in/142683/jharkhand-mob-lynching-aftermath/|title=Aftermath of Jharkhand mob lynching is reflective of the State's brewing political turmoil|last=Mahaprashasta|first=Ajoy Ashirwad|date=2 June 2017|work=[[The Wire (Indian web publication)]]|access-date=2 October 2017|quote=Days after nine people were killed in four different incidents of mob lynching in the Kolhan division of Jharkhand}}</ref> The incidents were triggered by [[rumors]] of child theft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/video/beef-jharkhand-lynching-child-lifters-mob-lynching/61736|title=Jharkhand lynching: Rumoured to be child-lifters, killed over beef?|date=2017-05-26|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en|access-date=2023-07-21}}</ref><br />
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== Events ==<br />
On 18 May 2017, a violent mob killed four [[Muslim]] cattle traders passing through the village of Shobhapur. The group had set out from Haldipokhar, in the East Singhbhum District, the night before to buy cattle in Seraikela-Kharsawan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170519/jsp/frontpage/story_152437.jsp|title=3 cattle traders killed near Steel City|date=2017-05-19|access-date=2023-07-21|archive-date=19 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519001705/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170519/jsp/frontpage/story_152437.jsp|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/police-fire-in-air-as-protests-intensify-against-jharkhand-lynchings/article18518986.ece|title=Jamshedpur simmers after seven brutal lynchings|date=2017-05-20|work=The Hindu|access-date=2023-07-21|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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On the evening of 18 May, in a tribal village in East Singhbhum called Nagadih, the mob dragged three people from a house and beat them to death. An elderly woman was also severely injured during the assault.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/jharkhand-family-loses-2-brothers-in-mob-attack-over-child-abduction-rumours/story-Y3YUQpvILj4GiOQ1kWDR8H.html|title=Jharkhand lynching: How mob justice took three lives on a single night|date=2017-05-20|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2023-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/men-lynched-in-jharkhand-horror-on-video-no-one-helped-alleges-family-1696278|title=Men Beaten To Death In Front Of Cops In Jharkhand, Horror On Camera|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2023-07-21}}</ref><br />
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On 21 May 2017, a 39-year-old [[Muslim]] named Munna Ansari, from [[Ranchi District|Ranchi district]], was beaten by a mob while traveling from [[Kolkata]] to [[Ranchi]]. Ansari was supposed to change buses at [[Purulia]], but he mistakenly boarded a wrong bus to [[Adityapur]]. A few hours later, a group of people cornered him near the Belidih locality, asking him about his identity and residence. The mob barely let Ansari speak and beat him so mercilessly that he had to be hospitalised. He was later discharged from the hospital on 22 May.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jamshedpur/fresh-case-of-mob-assault-in-jharkhand-on-child-lifter/articleshow/58797628.cms?from=mdr|title=Fresh case of mob assault in Jharkhand on 'child-lifter|date=2017-05-23|work=The Times of India|access-date=2023-07-21|issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== Reactions ==<br />
Villagers from the [[Muslim]] community called for a shutdown and protested in a suburb of [[Jamshedpur]], demanding the immediate arrest of those involved in the murders of the four cattle traders. Eighteen people were arrested in connection with the mob killings and the subsequent violence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/video/jharkhand-lynching-five-men-lynched-jamshedpur/61461|title=Jharkhand: 18 arrested for the brutal lynching of four men|date=2017-05-22|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en|access-date=2023-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/video/beef-jharkhand-lynching-child-lifters-mob-lynching/61736|title=Jharkhand lynching: Rumoured to be child-lifters, killed over beef?|date=2017-05-26|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en|access-date=2023-07-21}}</ref><br />
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On 21 May, India's [[National Human Rights Commission (India)|National Human Rights Commission]] issued a notice to the Director General of [[Jharkhand Police]] regarding [[mob lynching]], seeking a detailed report within four weeks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jamshedpur/fresh-case-of-mob-assault-in-jharkhand-on-child-lifter/articleshow/58797628.cms?from=mdr|title=Fresh case of mob assault in Jharkhand on 'child-lifter|date=2017-05-23|work=The Times of India|access-date=2023-07-21|issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[2016 Jharkhand mob lynching]]<br />
* [[Tabrez Ansari lynching]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:2010s in Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:Lynching deaths in India]]</div>FlorenciaMacDevi