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{{Short description|Indian student killed over unpaid fare}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| image =
| caption =
| date = {{Start date and age|2013|06|25}}
| title = 2013 Jhankar Saikia mob lynching
| location = [[Diphu]], [[Karbi Anglong district]], [[Assam]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|25.8465|93.4299|display=inline,title}}
| type = Lynching
| fatalities = 1
| injuries = Haren Saikia
| victims = Jhankar Saikia
| victim = Jhankar Saikia
| perpetrators = {{estimated}} 50 people
| inquiry = [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|CID, Assam Police]]
| accused = 19 people
| convicted = 12 people
| convictions = [[Life imprisonment]]
}}

'''2013 Jhankar Saikia Mob Lynching''' happened in [[Diphu]] town, [[Karbi Anglong]] district, [[Assam]], in [[India]] on 25 June 2013 when Diphu College student Jhankar Saikia and his father, Haren Saikia, refused to pay an auto-rickshaw fare of Rs. 30, when the regular fare was Rs. 20, and were attacked by a mob as a result.

== Incident ==
In that incident, Diphu College student Jhankar Saikia and his father Haren Saikia were attacked by a group after they refused to pay the demanded fare of Rs. 30 to the auto-rickshaw driver they hired, where the regular fare was Rs. 20. Local eyewitnesses said to reporters that, at the time of the incident, there were policemen on duty, but the policemen didn't try to stop the mob. Jhankar died in hospital on 1 July.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nath |first1=Hemanta Kumar |title=Assam court awards life imprisonment to 12 accused in 2013 Jhankar Saikia mob lynching case |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/assam-court-awards-life-imprisonment-to-12-accused-in-2013-jhankar-saikia-mob-lynching-case-1650982-2020-02-28 |access-date=20 May 2022 |work=India Today |date=28 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gohain |first=Hiren |year=2014 |title=A Note on Recent Ethnic Violence in Assam |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24479351 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=49 |issue=13 |pages=19–22 |jstor=24479351 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref>

== Case registered ==
After Jhankar's death, a case was registered (Case no 95 of 2013, Diphu police station) under Sections 294 (punishment for annoying others with obscene act, songs, reciting, or uttering any obscene song, ballad or words, in or near any public place), 325 (punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt), 307 (punishment for attempt to murder), 109 (punishment for abetment), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (punishment for rioting and armed with deadly weapon), 149 (punishment for unlawful assembly in prosecution of the common object), 337 (punishment for causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 338 (punishment for causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 302 (murder) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the [[Indian Penal Code]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saikia |first1=Ritupallab |title=12 convicted in Jhankar Saikia mob lynching case |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/12-convicted-in-jhankar-saikia-mob-lynching-case/cid/1748271 |access-date=20 May 2022 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=24 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Borah |first1=Sandeep |title=Jhankar murder case: Assam court grants life imprisonment to 12 |url=https://www.eastmojo.com/news/2020/02/29/jhankar-murder-case-assam-court-grants-life-imprisonment-to-12/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |work=EastMojo |date=29 February 2020}}</ref>

== Delays ==
As the trial of the case was not started for 5 years, Jhankar's father started a Facebook campaign to demand justice and criticized the government for the delayed trial.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bordoloi |first1=Sampurna |last2=Datta |first2=Pinak Pani |title=Fear and Loathing in New India: The Assam Lynching and Its Aftermath |url=https://thewire.in/rights/assam-lynching-social-media-hatred |access-date=21 May 2022 |work=The Wire |date=20 June 2018}}</ref> Bhaskar Dev Konwar, an advocate, filed a Public Interest Litigation in the [[Gauhati High Court]] seeking an official inquiry into Jhankar's killing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kalita |title=12 sentenced to life for lynching Assam youth {{!}} Guwahati News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/12-sentenced-to-life-for-lynching-assam-youth/articleshow/74412230.cms |access-date=21 May 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=29 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Following this, the case was handed to the [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|Criminal Investigation Department]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jhankar murder case handed over to CID {{!}} Guwahati News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/jhankar-murder-case-handed-over-to-cid/articleshow/21638722.cms |access-date=21 May 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=6 August 2013 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Gauhati High Court]] also issued notice to the Assam government for the delayed investigation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kashyap |first1=Samudra Gupta |date=25 July 2013 |title=HC notices to Assam govt on student's death |work=Indian Express Archive |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/hc-notices-to-assam-govt-on-student-s-death/1146401/ |access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>

== Trial ==
The trial commenced in 2018<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goswami |first1=Bhupen |title=Hearing Of Jhankar Saikia Lynching Case Starts |url=https://www.apnnews.com/hearing-of-jhankar-saikia-lynching-case-starts/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |publisher=APN News |date=14 September 2018}}</ref> with charges filed against 19 people.

== Sentencing ==
At the end of the trial, 12 of the accused were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, 2 had absconded, 1 was tried in juvenile court, and 4 were acquitted. <ref>{{cite news |title=12 get life in Assam mob lynching case |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/12-get-life-in-assam-mob-lynching-case/article30946826.ece |access-date=20 May 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=28 February 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Seven years later, 12 convicted in Assam for lynching teenager for Rs 10 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/feb/24/seven-years-later-12-convicted-in-assam-for-lynching-teenager-for-rs-10-2107842.html |access-date=20 May 2022 |work=The New Indian Express |date=24 February 2020}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[2018 Karbi Anglong lynching]]
* [[Lynching of Deben Dutta]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Lynching deaths in India]]
[[Category:2013 murders in India]]
[[Category:Riots and civil disorder in Assam]]
[[Category:Karbi Anglong district]]
[[Category:2013 riots]]
[[Category:June 2013 in India]]
[[Category:June 2013 crimes in Asia]]
[[Category:Road incidents in India]]
[[Category:2013 road incidents in Asia]]

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