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Cow vigilante violence in India

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Cow-based lynching refers to mob lynchings that have occurred in India. Multiple people have been killed by people when they suspect victims have either consumed beef or assisted in slaughtering a cow. The first of it kind happened in on the night of 28 September 2015 in Bisara village near Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. Multiple incidents happened thereafter in various parts of North India.

Events

Dadri mob lynching

Dadri mob lynching refers to case of mob lynching in which a mob of villagers attacked the home of a Muslim man Mohammed Ikhlaq, with sticks and bricks, who they suspected of stealing and slaughtering a stolen cow calf, on the night of 28 September 2015 in Bisara village near Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, India. 52-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq Saifi (Ikhlaq according to some sources) died in that attack and his son, 22-year-old Danish seriously injured.

Jharkhand mob lynching

Jharkhand mob lynching 2016 Jharkhand mob lynching refers to the case of lynching of two Muslim cattle traders by allegedly Cattle-Protection Vigilantes in Balumath forests in Latehar district in Jharkhand on 18 March 2016.

See also

References

  1. "Indian man lynched over beef rumours". BBC News. 30 September 2015.
  2. "2 Men Lynched In Assam's Nagaon For Allegedly Trying To Steal Cows". NDTV.com.
  3. Taseer, Aatish (16 April 2017). "Anatomy of a Lynching". The New York Times.
  4. "Muslim Cattle Traders Beaten To Death In Ranchi, Bodies Found Hanging From A Tree". Huffington Post India.
  5. "Another Dadri-like incident? Two Muslims herding cattle killed in Jharkhand; five held". Zee News. 19 March 2016.
  6. "5 held in Jharkhand killings, section 144 imposed in the area". News18. 19 March 2016.

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