Since the anti-lynching law under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into effect in July 2024, police have ignored it in at least nine cases, according to our review of FIRs and case files across six states, four of them BJP-ruled. We found a pattern of botched investigations and deliberate non-enforcement in violation of Supreme Court guidelines. The result: justice is denied to victims, vigilantes are emboldened, and lynchings continue.
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