When mob takes law into its own hands: another man lynched in Keralam’s Palakkad
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An unidentified homeless man with a hearing impairment was lynched near the Moolathara dam in Palakkad, Kerala. The report examines the circumstances behind the mob killing and the recurring problem of vigilante violence.
The brutal lynching of an aurally challenged, unidentified man near the Moolathara dam in Keralam’s Palakkad has once again shaken the conscience of society. Abdul Latheef Naha speaks to investigators, psychiatrists and forensic experts to understand how did a homeless man become the target of a group that took it upon itself to punish him and such incidents are recurring.