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Muslim man beaten to death in India on suspicion of smuggling cows
Many Hindus regard the cow as sacred, but India's Muslim minority engages in the trade of cattle - chiefly buffalo meat - for slaughter and consumption as well as dairy purposes.PHOTO: AFP
Published
Jul 21, 2018, 4:57 pm SGT
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MUMBAI (REUTERS) - Suspected vigilantes on Saturday (July 21) killed a Muslim man transporting two cows in India, just 15 months after a similar attack put a spotlight on the growing influence of pro-Hindu fringe groups.
Many Hindus regard the cow as sacred, but India's Muslim minority engages in the trade of cattle - chiefly buffalo meat - for slaughter and consumption as well as dairy purposes.
Police in the northwestern state of Rajasthan said a group of five to seven people surrounded the man, identified only as Akbar, as he led the cows to his village in the nearby state of Haryana and thrashed him to death on suspicion of cow smuggling.
"We are investigating the incident and will make arrests soon," Shyam Singh, a police official in the district of Alwar, told Reuters.
The incident took place soon after midnight, triggered by the suspicions of a few nearby villagers that the 28-year-old man was smuggling the cows, Singh said. Akbar belonged to the farming community in adjacent Haryana.
Cow vigilantism by pro-Hindu groups has surged in India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014, although most of the country's 29 states have banned the killing of cows for meat.
Police said they took the badly beaten victim to a nearby hospital, but he was declared dead.
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Muslim man beaten to death in India on suspicion of smuggling cows
Many Hindus regard the cow as sacred, but India's Muslim minority engages in the trade of cattle - chiefly buffalo meat - for slaughter and consumption as well as dairy purposes.PHOTO: AFP
Published
Jul 21, 2018, 4:57 pm SGT
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email
MUMBAI (REUTERS) - Suspected vigilantes on Saturday (July 21) killed a Muslim man transporting two cows in India, just 15 months after a similar attack put a spotlight on the growing influence of pro-Hindu fringe groups.
Many Hindus regard the cow as sacred, but India's Muslim minority engages in the trade of cattle - chiefly buffalo meat - for slaughter and consumption as well as dairy purposes.
Police in the northwestern state of Rajasthan said a group of five to seven people surrounded the man, identified only as Akbar, as he led the cows to his village in the nearby state of Haryana and thrashed him to death on suspicion of cow smuggling.
"We are investigating the incident and will make arrests soon," Shyam Singh, a police official in the district of Alwar, told Reuters.
The incident took place soon after midnight, triggered by the suspicions of a few nearby villagers that the 28-year-old man was smuggling the cows, Singh said. Akbar belonged to the farming community in adjacent Haryana.
Cow vigilantism by pro-Hindu groups has surged in India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014, although most of the country's 29 states have banned the killing of cows for meat.
Police said they took the badly beaten victim to a nearby hospital, but he was declared dead.
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