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Prateek Goyal

Chhattisgarh: A tale of 2 FIRs points to police ‘inaction’ on mob violence

The police are yet to file a case or arrest any suspects over two incidents of mob violence – whose videos were circulated on social media – in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur and Raigarh last week.

In both the cases, however, the police have taken action against those targeted by the mob – a cleric in Raipur who was accused of directing a minor to issue a provocative post, and several participants of a Christian prayer meeting in Raigarh who were accused of forced conversion.

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