The 2006 Bhiwandi lynching was the murder of two police constables in Bhiwandi, Thane district, Maharashtra, India by a Muslim mob.
[1][2] They were killed and then burned after police had shot at a mob pelting stones causing the death of two Muslim men.
[3] The bodies of the policemen were discovered at a distance variously stated as 200 metres and 500 metres from a police outpost.
[4][5] An existing curfew was extended after the event, described by The Times of India as a lynching.
[6] Some reports said the constables were stabbed to death.