Alwar Fallout: Govt. Panel To Check Cases Of Mob Lynching

Ministers’ group to study report, submit suggestions 

Hours after Congress presi­dent Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Friday’s lynching inci­dent at Alwar in Rajasthan, the government said a high­ level committee, headed by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, had been constituted to check cases of  “mob lynching.” The committee will submit its recommenda­tions within four weeks, the government said.

The government said a Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Union Home Mi­nister Rajnath Singh will consider the report of the ommittee  and submit its re­commendations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Last week, a dairy farmer, Rakbar Khan from Haryana’s Mewat district, was lynched by a group of seven persons in Alwar when he was tran­sporting two cows and their calves.

A Home Ministry official said the Centre had sought a report from the Rajasthan government on the incident. 

“The government is con­cerned at the incidents of violence by mobs in some parts of the country. The go­vernment has already con­demned  such  incidents, has made its stand clear  in Par­liament that it is committed to upholding the rule of law and adopting effective mea­sures to curb such inci­dents,” a  statement by the Home Ministry said