Calling Bollywood celebs and other public figures "hypocrites", a number of netizens have hit out at them for keeping silent over the lynching of a tribal man in India's Madhya Pradesh state on 26 August.
As a video clip of the brutal incident went viral on social media, people felt shocked and outraged over what happened in Neemuch District last Thursday to a man named Kanhaiyalal Bheel. Although he died on Friday, people only learned about the incident on Saturday when one of his friends filed a police complaint and six people were arrested.
With #TribalLivesMatter, netizens have sparked a social media uproar, asking people to speak up for justice for Bheel.
Drawing a comparison with the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer during an arrest, some netizens recalled how numerous Indian celebs had voiced their anger and demanded justice for Floyd.
Yet many Indian netizens wondered why the same celebs haven't bothered to speak out against the murder of a person in their own country.