Mob lynching is one of the social evils faced by our society. Commonly termed as the extrajudicial killing by an angry
mob on alleged transgressor instances of mob lynching can be found in every society all over the world. It includes lynching of
suspicious convicts. There have been numerous lynching concerning cow vigilante violence in India since 2014. Another spate
of mob-related violence and killings are known as the Indian Whatsapp lynchings following the spread of fake news, primarily
relating to child-abduction and organ harvesting.
There is a wide list of causes of the inhuman practice of mob lynching which is social, political and technological causes. One of
the most important causes is crowd psychology. Crowd psychology talks about how a person is affected by the people around
him.
