Beyond the Mob · Hafiz Junaid's Mother Ballabgarh · Asgari, mother of Mohammad Akhlaq · Khaliq Choudhary · Irshad son of Pehlu Khan · Mariyam Khatoon wife of. In India, cow vigilante violence is the use of physical force in the name of "cow protection". What do you call this? This inhuman act is called mob lynching. The word lynching is of foreign origin. The mob mistook three men for being thieves before launching the fatal attack.