Cow Vigilante

US Urges India To "Fully" Uphold Rights Of Minorities, Vulnerable Individuals

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 22, 2019

Incidents of violence and discrimination against minorities, including attacks on Dalits and Muslims by cow vigilantes, are not in keeping with India's legal protections for minorities, a top US diplomat told a Congressional subcommittee on Monday.

Suspected Cattle Smugglers Fire At Vigilantes In Gurugram, One Injured

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday October 10, 2019

An activist of the right-wing group Bajrang Dal got injured in Gurugram near Delhi as suspected cattle smugglers opened fire on a group of cow vigilantes who were giving them chase. The police said the injured man, who was also among the cow vigilantes, has been admitted to a hospital in a critical condition but now doctors say he is out of danger.

Why Eye-Witness Video, NDTV Sting Were Dismissed In Pehlu Khan Case

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Aditya Sharma | Thursday August 15, 2019

More than two years after a mob was caught on camera beating dairy farmer Pehlu Khan to death, a court in Rajasthan has acquitted six of the men seen in a video of the attack that was one of the key evidences of the prosecution.

6 Accused In 2017 Mob Killing Of Pehlu Khan Acquitted By Rajasthan Court

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday August 14, 2019

On April 1 2017, dairy farmer Pehlu Khan was dragged out of the truck in which he was transporting cattle bought from a fair and assaulted by a mob of cow vigilantes on the Jaipur-Delhi highway. The 55-year-old died in hospital.

"Horrendous Acts Of Mobocracy": Lawmaker Nusrat Jahan In Open Letter

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday July 25, 2019

Trinamool Congress lawmaker Nusrat Jehan has thanked 49 eminent personalities who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to protest growing intolerance in the country, and joined them in condemning cow vigilantes who attack people on the basis of rumours of eating beef and cow smuggling. She also criticised the government's "selective sil...

Relief For Pehlu Khan Family As Cops To Reinvestigate Cow Smuggling Case

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday July 12, 2019

An Alwar court on Thursday permitted the Rajasthan Police to reinvestigate a case of cattle smuggling against the sons of Pehlu Khan, a 55-year-old dairy farmer who was killed by a group of cow vigilantes along the Jaipur-Delhi national highway on April 1, 2017.

Life Term As Maximum Punishment For Mob Killings, Proposes UP Law Panel

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 11, 2019

Taking cognisance of incidents of mob lynching, including those by cow vigilantes, the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission has submitted a draft Bill recommending up to life imprisonment for the crime.

Cops Move Court In Case Against Sons Of Rajasthan Man Killed By Cow Vigilantes

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 9, 2019

The Rajasthan police has sought permission from an Alwar court to investigate further the case against the two sons of Pehlu Khan, who was beaten to death by cow vigilantes two years ago for allegedly transporting the animals illegally.

On Video, 24 Thrashed, Forced To Say "Gau Mata Ki Jai" In Madhya Pradesh

India News | Anurag Dwary | Monday July 8, 2019

In a disturbing video of the incident, filmed with a mobile phone, the men can be seen tied together with rope and forced to kneel by the side of the road, in full view of the public, while being made to chant "gau mata ki jai".

Hopes Dashed: Son Of Rajasthan Man Killed By Mob, Named In Chargesheet

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday June 30, 2019

Amid a controversy over the name of Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer killed by a group of cow vigilantes in Rajasthan in 2017, in a chargesheet, his son on Saturday said that he his hopes of justice from the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government were dashed.

Mob Killing Victim Pehlu Khan Not Charged, Says Rajasthan Chief Minister

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday June 29, 2019

A political fight broke out on Saturday after a dairy farmer, who was beaten to death in April 2017 by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan, was named in a chargesheet along with his sons, drawing attention to the legal treatment of victims of mob killings and cow vigilantism in the country. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot defended his government, say...

Pehlu Khan, Lynched In Rajasthan In 2017. Now, A Chargesheet Against Him

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday June 29, 2019

A chargesheet has been filed against a dairy farmer, who was beaten to death in April 2017 by cow vigilantes, and his sons for transporting cattle allegedly without permission in Rajasthan.

Madhya Pradesh Proposes Up To 5-Year Jail For Cow Vigilantism

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Friday June 28, 2019

The Madhya Pradesh government has cleared a bill to strengthen laws against cow vigilantism. The cabinet has cleared a proposal to bring a bill to amend the existing Gau Vansh Vadh Pratishedh Adhiniyam.

2 Men Thrashed Near Gurgaon For Allegedly "Smuggling" Cattle, Arrested

Gurgaon News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 26, 2019

Two persons were allegedly assaulted by a mob in Haryana's Gurgaon district on Tuesday on the suspicion of smuggling cattle.

Dalit Brutally Thrashed In Haryana Village, Accused Yet To be Arrested

India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday June 25, 2019

A case has been registered against two members of the upper caste community in connection with the brutal thrashing of a Dalit at Bajana Kalan village in Haryana's Sonipat village two months ago. The police took this step after a clip of the incident, which has been in circulation on social media for over two weeks, finally came to their notice.