Public vigilantism is alive and shockingly well in West Bengal—and other parts of India

The only state in India with a woman chief minister has been grappling with an alarming problem of public vigilantism and moral policing.

Earlier this week, a video of a TMC functionary called Tajmul Islam surfaced. In it he can be seen flogging a couple in public in daylight for having an alleged extramarital affair. Shot in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur, the video went viral and following public outrage, Tajmul was arrested.

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