Lynch files : the forgotten saga of victims of hate crime/ Ziya Us Salam

Foreword by Jignesh MevaniPrefaceAcknowledgementsFile 1: Lynching A Substitute for Communal Riots Cow, a Sacred or a Political Animal? The Oft-present Political HandCommon Maximum Programme: Similarities in Lynching Incidents Gaurakshini Sabhas: Walk down to the Nineteenth Century Bhartiya Gau Raksha Dal: Part-time Professionals Mind of a Gau Rakshak: All Hate, No Love?File 2: Muslims: Easy Targets?Omen of Things to Come Dadri: Akhlaq Pune: Mohsin ShaikhThe Gau Rakshaks of Rajasthan Alwar Lynchings Chittorgarh Lynchings Rajsamand: AfrazulHorrifying Mutilations in Haryana Ballabhgarh: Junaid on Delhi-Mathura Train Kurukshetra: Mustain AbbasLynched and Filmed in Uttar Pradesh Hapur: Qasim and SamiuddinHanged by the Mob in Jharkhand Ramgarh: Alimuddin Ansari Giridih: Usman Ansari Latehar: Mazloom Ansari and ImtiazKillings in the Name of the Cow Jammu: Sammi Himachal Pradesh: NomanNormalizing Lynching Satna: Siraj Khan and Shakeel Delhi: Rizwan, Kamil and AshfaqFile 3: The Mob Now Targets DalitsAt the Mercy of Upper Castes Hamirpur: Chimma Una: The Lynchings and the Dalit UprisingFile 4: Lynched and Forgotten!When Tragedies Were Dismissed 10 States and Many More LynchingsFile 5: AftermathSupreme Court Shows the WayDesecrating Hate, Bigotry and Everything That Leads to Lynching