Nearly two dozen people have reportedly been lynched by mobs in the last month and a half, according to media sources.

Communal violence is not a recent phenomenon in this part of the world.

A man suspected to be smuggling cows has been beaten to death by a mob in yet another instance of vigilantism in Alwar district of northern Indian state of Rajasthan, police say.

The Supreme Court of India says the incidents of mob lynching and cow vigilantism cannot be allowed to become a new norm, and asks the parliament to consider enacting a new law with provision for deterrent punishment to effectively deal with such incidents.

Four suspected cattle thieves were beaten to death by a mob in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali early today.

Two suspected cattle lifters are beaten to death and another left injured in a mob beating in Ataikula of Pabna.