Tag: Cow vigilantes
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Cow vigilantes detain train for 4 hours in Odisha
The Puducherry-Howrah Express was stranded at the Balasore station between 8.12 pm and 12.35 am, station manager Bhagabat Das said.
September 14, 2018 -
Lynchings: SC irked over states non-compliance
A Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra gave one more week to the remaining 20 states and 5 UTs to comply with its order, warning them that any default would be viewed sternly.
September 8, 2018 -
Lynch-cancer rages
Even as bureaucratic lethargy hinders the Supreme Court directive to enact legislation to curb cow-vigilantes, it is now revealed that the attack on JNU student-activist Umar Khalid was conducted by goons wanting to give the nation an “Independence Day” gift ~ only their pistol jammed. Their audacity can well be attributed to the failure of …
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August 23, 2018 -
How ‘seriously’?
The home minister has only himself to blame if an impression has been created that the government is tepid in its response to the apex court’s strongly-worded insistence that Parliament enact specific legislation to contain mob lynching and curb the increasing tendency for “justice” to be delivered on the streets. For when lynching came under …
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July 26, 2018 -
‘BJP bringing bad name to Hinduism’
Criticising the recent incident of lynching by self-proclaimed ‘Gau Rakshaks’ (cow vigilantes) in Alwar district of Rajasthan, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed BJP for bringing a bad name to Hinduism and urged senior leaders to control their partymen instead of giving statements in the Parliament against lynching and vigilantism. Quoting Union home …
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July 24, 2018 -
Flogged by cow vigilantes, Dalits embrace Buddhism
The family infamously flogged by cow vigilantes for skinning a dead bovine in 2016 today led nearly 300 Dalits who embraced Buddhism under heavy police security. Two boys of the Saravaiya family, who had earlier announced their intention to convert to Buddhism to escape caste discrimination as Hindus, were waylaid by the accused last week …
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April 29, 2018 -
‘Jharkhand police sabotaged probe into 2 murders by cow vigilantes’
An independent probe into the murder of a 12-year-old boy and a 32-year-old cattle trader – both Muslims – in 2016 in Jharkhand claims that police sabotaged the investigation and denied justice to the families of the victims as all the accused are out on bail. The report “Hanged by Gau Rakshaks, Denied Justice by …
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April 2, 2018 -
Una Dalit assault: Victims to convert to Buddhism
A Dalit family, that was allegedly beaten up by cow vigilantes for skinning the carcass of the animal in Una tehsil in Gujarat, have decided to embrace Buddhism. In July last year, seven Dalits of Mota Samadhiyala village were allegedly paraded and flogged for skinning a dead cow, an incident that caused nation-wide outrage after …
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January 9, 2018 -
Two cow vigilantes arrested for lynching Muslim in Alwar
Two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Muslim man by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan’s Alwar district and sent to three-day police custody, a police officer said on Tuesday. The two — Bhagwan Singh and Ramveer Gurjar — were arrested late on Monday and have been sent to police custody for …
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November 14, 2017 -
Don’t give communal colour to lynchings: Naqvi
Incidents of lynching in the name of cow protection are criminal acts and should not be given a communal colour, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here on Tuesday. On the lynching of a farmer, Umar Khan, by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan’s Alwar district last week, Naqvi said the Rajasthan government is doing …
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November 14, 2017 -
Centre fails to control cow vigilantes: Sharad Yadav
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav on Tuesday said lynching of a dairy farmer by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan was “unfortunate” and criticised the Centre for failing to control the menace. “Government is unable to control cow vigilantes as again one Ummar (Khan) has been killed in Alwar while transporting cows and calves,” Sharad Yadav …
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November 14, 2017 -
Congress condemns Alwar lynching, asks why such incidents during polls
The Congress on Monday said lynching of a dairy farmer Umar Khan by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan was unfortunate and asked why such crime occurs only ahead of elections. The party also asked who were the people who do politics of “religious polarisation”. Khan was allegedly shot dead by cow vigilantes in Govindgarh in Alwar …
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November 14, 2017 -
Cow vigilantes kill one, injure another in Rajasthan
A minority community member was shot dead allegedly by cow vigilantes in Govindgarh in Alwar district in Rajasthan on the suspicion of cow smuggling. Another person was injured in the incident, informed sources said on Sunday. Although police remained tight-lipped about the incident, sources close to the deceased’s family told IANS that the incident occurred …
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November 12, 2017 -
5 youths thrashed for carrying ‘cow meat’, 15 booked by Haryana Police
Haryana Police have registered a case against 15 persons involved in alleged thrashing of five youths belonging to minority community from Faridabad district on Saturday. Police said two brothers Isaan Mohammad and Shahzad along with Shakeel, Sonu, and Azaad Mohammad — all residents of three villages in Faridabad district — were thrashed by a mob …
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October 14, 2017 -
5 men attacked for ‘carrying beef’ by cow vigilantes in Haryana
Another case of violence by cow vigilantes has surfaced in Haryana as five men were beaten up allegedly by a mob on the suspicion of transporting beef. According to media reports, the cow vigilantes reportedly thrashed an auto-driver and its passengers in Haryana’s Faridabad on the on suspicion that they were carrying beef on Friday. …
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October 14, 2017 -
British woman attacked by cattle smugglers
A group of cattle smugglers allegedly fired at two women, including a British national, who were attempting to free animals packed into a speeding tempo on the Gurgaon-Alwar road, police said today. The incident took place around 2.30 am on Tuesday when Sonia Sharma, a British national, and her friend Archie Baranwal were driving their …
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September 27, 2017 -
Cow vigilantes attacked by cattle smugglers in Sohna
Two cow vigilantes, including an Indian-origin British citizen Sonia Sharma and her female friend Archie Baranwal, were allegedly attacked by cattle smugglers in Sohna area near Gurgaon in Haryana in the wee hours of 25 September. The incident took place on Sohna Road when Sonia and Archie were “test-driving” their vehicle on Sohna-Gurgaon highway at …
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September 27, 2017