Mistaken for a mobile thief, Kurban Shah (28) was lynched by medical students and junior doctors at the NRS medical college and hospital hostel in Calcutta in November, 2014. Kurban was found tied to a pillar on a terrace on the third floor. His body bore cuts and signs of slashing with blades and other sharp objects. Police inquiries revealed him to have been a mentally ill married man with four children who had strayed into the hostel.