Condemning the recent incident of mob lynching of a man in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said blaming the entire state was not right.

"Death of youth in mob lynching is sad, culprits will be punished but blaming entire Jharkhand for it is not right." PM Modi said and added that he was saddened to see the Opposition maligning a single state.

Addressing the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked, "Jharkhand mob lynching is saddening but why blame the entire state? Violence whether in Jharkhand, West Bengal or Kerala should be dealt with equally"

"We have no right to defame the whole of Jharkhand. Isolate the criminals and take action. Law and judiciary are completely competent. For that, we will do whatever necessary and won't back down," he added.

PM Modi: The lynching in Jharkhand has pained me. It has saddened others too.But, some here in the Rajya Sabha are calling Jharkhand a hub of lynching. Is this fair? Why are they insulting a whole state. None of us have the right to insult the state of Jharkhand pic.twitter.com/w77zEvW2WT ANI (@ANI) June 26, 2019

Promising strong action against those behind mob lynching, the Prime Minister said the law will take its own course. "Letting law take its own course is the only way to teach a lesson to those behind this," Modi said.

Prime Minister Modi added that the country should stand united when it comes to fight such acts. "Sabka saath, sabka vikaas and sabka vishwaas should be our mantra," Narendra Modi said.

The BJP had earlier accused the Congress and other Opposition parties of politicising the lynching of a man in Jharkhand's Seraikela Kharsawan district and claimed that the state government had "zero tolerance" on such incidents.

Tabrez Ansari was allegedly tied to a pole and thrashed with sticks by a mob at Dhatkidih village last Wednesday on the suspicion of theft. The newly-married man was purportedly seen in a video being forced to chant "Jai Shri Ram" and "Jai Hanuman". The 24-year-old succumbed to his injuries on Saturday.

Eleven people were already arrested in connection with the case and a special investigation team was probing the incident, adding that the process of identifying the remaining accused through video footage was on.