Victim Manjhi was a dalit from Bihar. He was lynched by Afzal, Fazil, Sharafuddin, Mehboob, Abdusamad, Naseer, Habib, Ayyub and Zainul, under suspicion of theft.
Kerala Gov gave 10 lakhs to Junaid's (stabbed in a train after dispute, in Mathura, UP) family, but is silent on