(ET)
Incidents of communal violence, particularly cases of those killed (lynched) over rumours on social media, are likely to be taken up by Union home minister Amit Shah during the meeting of Eastern Zonal Council to be held on October 23 in Patna.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das are likely to attend the meet. The four states have recorded the highest incidents of lynching with Jharkhand and Bihar accounting for the maximum cases while violent clashes have been reported between Trinamool and BJP workers in West Bengal.
Among the four eastern states, only West Bengal has passed an anti-lynching bill proposing life imprisonment and fine as punishments on those involved in lynching. It may be recalled that Jharkhand police recently dropped murder charges against the accused involved in the Trinamool and BJP workers in West Bengal.
