BHOPAL: A woman judge in Madhya Pradesh has received death threats on social media after she sentenced 14 men to life imprisonment in a 2022 mob lynching case in Narmadapuram district.
Police have registered a case against unidentified persons at Seoni Malwa police station and sought the help of the state cyber cell to identify those behind the threats.
“A case has been registered against the unidentified accused and help has been sought from the cyber cell of the state police to trace and identify them,” Seoni Malwa police station in-charge Sudhakar Baraskar told TNIE on Saturday.
On June 12, Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) Tabassum Khan convicted 14 men for the August 2022 mob lynching of a Muslim from Amravati, Maharashtra in Seoni Malwa on charges of cattle smuggling and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
In recent days, videos of unidentified men and women threatening the judge have circulated on social networks.
One of those youths was heard saying, “If our 14 Hindu brothers are not released within 10 days, there will be bloodshed all over the country and state.”
In another viral video, a woman is seen threatening the same judge. “A Muslim woman became a judge and showed her true colors. She has become a Jihadi judge. She sentenced 14 of our Hindu brothers to life imprisonment. You will have to pay the price for this,” the woman is heard saying.
According to sources, the Union Home Ministry’s cyber crime unit alerted the Madhya Pradesh authorities about the threatening videos, following which a case was registered against unidentified persons.
