For CNBCTV18 : Since 2010, there have been 89 lynchings, with 291 victims and 35 deaths, that have to do with suspicion of stealing cattle, or eating beef. In some cases, these lynchings have a communal undertone, in others a xenophobic one – in both cases, the ‘otherisation’ possibly makes the violence easier.It is given this frequency and brutality of lynchings that prompted the Supreme Court to ask the government to bring in a special law to curb lynchings. There have been a spate of lynchings across India. Be it the outcome of rumours involving the transport of cattle, or the
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