The 2006 Bhiwandi lynching was the murder of two police constables in Bhiwandi, Thane district, Maharashtra, India by a Muslim mob. [1] [2] They were killed and then burned after police had shot at a mob pelting stones causing the death of two Muslim men. [3] The bodies of the policemen were discovered at a distance variously stated as 200 metres and 500 metres from a police outpost. [4] [5] An existing curfew was extended after the event, described by The Times of India as a lynching. [6] Some reports said the constables were stabbed to death. [7] The police constables have been identified as R.Y. Jagtap of the Bhoiwada police station and B.R. Gangurde of the Narpoli police station. [8] [9]
The 2006 Bhiwandi lynching was the murder of two police constables in Bhiwandi, Thane district, Maharashtra, India by a Muslim mob. [1] [2] They were killed and then burned after police had shot at a mob pelting stones causing the death of two Muslim men. [3] The bodies of the policemen were discovered at a distance variously stated as 200 metres and 500 metres from a police outpost. [4] [5] An existing curfew was extended after the event, described by The Times of India as a lynching. [6] Some reports said the constables were stabbed to death. [7] The police constables have been identified as R.Y. Jagtap of the Bhoiwada police station and B.R. Gangurde of the Narpoli police station. [8] [9]