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No, the police were not complicit in the Palghar lynching
This position holds that Indian police were not complicit in the Palghar lynching. It argues officers did not arrange the killings and in fact tried to stop them, framing the incident within a wider pattern of 'WhatsApp lynchings' across India.
Supporting arguments · 3
- The Palghar lynchings were a religious hate crimeThe lynchings, given that they were committed against Hindu priests, are thought by some to be a religious hate crime.
- The Indian police tried to stop the lynchingPolice tried to step in to stop the mobs, but were attacked themselves.
- 'Whatsapp lynchings' are common in IndiaLynching based on false information spread on Whatsapp, as this was, have become increasingly common in India.