#NotInMyName - Citizens across India gather to protest against lynchings

The #NotInMyName protests were a series of protests in Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patna, Trivandrum, Chandigarh, Allahabad, Kochi and Jaipur against the targeted lynching of Muslims in India.

The #NotInMyName protests were a series of protests in Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patna, Trivandrum, Chandigarh, Allahabad, Kochi and Jaipur against the targeted lynching of Muslims in India. (EPS| Shekhar Yadav) 

The incident was sparked off by a social media outcry against lawlessness and it was only when Saba Dewan, a Gurgaon based film-maker, posted a cry for protests in Facebook that the #NotInMyName movement got traction. (EPS| Shekhar Yadav)

People protest against the recent cases of mob lynching of Muslims who were accused or possesing beef, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (EPS| Shekhar Yadav)

There have been fourteen lynching incidents in India since 2015 and the incident which sparked off the movement took place on June 23 when 16-year-old Junaid Khan was returning with his companions on a train after completing their Eid shopping.

Junaid and his companions were suspected of carrying beef, they were accused of looking ‘different’ and as things escalated, he was stabbed to death by a mob on a train in Ballabhgarh, Haryana. (EPS| Shekhar Yadav)

A silent demonstration to condemn the recent spate of lynchings of Muslims and attacks on Dalits was carried out by people from all walks of life at Tank Bund, Hyderabad on Wednesday. (EPS | Sayantan Ghosh)

Police trying to snatch a poster from a protester who gathered there for a silent protest in solidarity with Muslims at Tank Bund, Hyderabad.(EPS | Sayantan Ghosh)

Police trying to snatch a poster from a protester who gathered there for a silent protest in solidarity with Muslims at Tank Bund, Hyderabad. (EPS | Sayantan Ghosh)

In Hyderabad, police dispersed protesters flashing placards and posters within an hour. (EPS | Sayantan Ghosh)

Protesters in Hyderabad used black armbands along with posters, banners and placards. (EPS | Sayantan Ghosh)

Protesters during the #NotInMyName demonstration near Tank Bund in Hyderabad on Wednesday. (EPS | Sayantan Ghosh)

Protesters march during the #NotInMyName demonstration near Tank Bund in Hyderabad on Wednesday. (EPS | Sayantan Ghosh)

The movement organisers had asked citizens joining in to carry banners with the slogan - Not In My Name. (EPS | Albin Mathew)

Students from different parts of Kochi assembled at the High Court Junction on Wednesday evening under the banner 'Not In My Name' to protest the lynching of a Muslim teenager in Delhi the other day. (EPS | Albin Mathew)

Students from different parts of Kochi assembled at the High Court Junction on Wednesday evening under the banner 'Not In My Name' to protest the lynching of a Muslim teenager in Delhi the other day. (EPS | Albin Mathew)

People paticipate in a silent protest against the ongoing lynching incidents in Bengaluru. The protest is a part of #NotInMyName campaign going on in different parts of the country. (EPS| Pushkar V)