UP: 5 Years After Akhlaq's Mob Lynching, Trial Begins In Fast-Track Court

Five years after the controversial lynching of UP’s Mohammed Akhlaq, a fast track court initiated the trials on March 25. The charges were framed against 13 of 18 suspects as two have already died and the three others will be heard before the juvenile court. Akhlaq on September 28, 2015, was mob lynched and his son was severely beaten for allegedly keeping beef at his house. The has scheduled the next hearing for April 14.