Nayeem Ahmad Shah, who was killed by cow vigilantes in Jammu's Bhaderwah, was carrying no animal during attack, claims relative
5 years, 7 months ago

Nayeem Ahmad Shah, who was killed by cow vigilantes in Jammu's Bhaderwah, was carrying no animal during attack, claims relative

Firstpost  

Violence broke out in Bhaderwah town of Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday after a group of cow vigilantes shot dead 52-year-old Nayeem Ahmad Shah late last night Srinagar: Violence broke out in Bhaderwah town of Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday after an elderly Muslim man was shot dead by a group of cow vigilantes late last night. Late last night, 52-year-old Nayeem Ahmad Shah, a local resident of Bhaderwah, was shot dead while another person was injured after they were fired upon by a group of cow vigilantes who “seemed to have laid the vigil” at Nalthi to prevent “cow smuggling”. The death took place at Nalthi on Bhaderwah-Himachel Pradesh road which lied barely few kilometres away from Bhaderwah main town, local residents said. Nalthi sarpanch, Yasir Mohammad Wani, said that late in the night he received a call on his phone about a “murder” had taken place in his area, following which he rushed to the place and found a “man lying soaked in blood”.

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‘Cow Vigilantes’ in India Are Attacking Muslims and Posting It on Instagram
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Cow Vigilantes’ in India Are Attacking Muslims and Posting It on Instagram

Wired  

On August 27, Sabir Malik, a migrant worker in the Indian state of Haryana, was lured from his home and beaten to death by a mob of at least 10 Hindu men. But it didn’t matter: The attack was led by “cow vigilantes,” the name for Hindu nationalist militias and mobs that take it upon themselves to violently enforce Hindu …

Haryana elections: In Mewat, cow vigilantism remains key electoral issue
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana elections: In Mewat, cow vigilantism remains key electoral issue

Hindustan Times  

A loudspeaker perched atop an auto-rickshaw in Nuh announces on the loop that soon there will be an end to “terror of cow vigilantes”, claiming that the Congress is coming to power in Haryana after a decade. Khan was arrested on September 14 last year on charges of spreading fake news related to communal riots in Nuh the previous month, …

Faridabad death a reminder of cow vigilantes’ reign of impunity
4 months, 1 week ago

Faridabad death a reminder of cow vigilantes’ reign of impunity

Hindustan Times  

The tragic death of Aryan Mishra, a Class 12 student from Faridabad, once again brought into focus the dangerous operations of so-called “cow vigilantes” who operate with impunity on the outskirts of Delhi, carrying out unchecked violence. The death of Aryan Mishra, a Class 12 student from Faridabad, once again brought into focus the dangerous operations of so-called “cow vigilantes” …

For the residents of Haryana’s Nuh, cow vigilante attacks remain a waking nightmare
4 months, 1 week ago

For the residents of Haryana’s Nuh, cow vigilante attacks remain a waking nightmare

The Hindu  

Yusuf Khan was only 14 when his brother-in-law Rakbar, a resident of Tapkan village in Haryana’s Nuh, was beaten to death by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan’s Lalawandi village in 2018 over the suspicion of cattle smuggling. None of them have moved on from his brother-in-law’s death, says Yusuf, and neither have the families of other victims — be it Pehlu …

Cow vigilante shot at by cattle smugglers on Delhi-Mumbai E-way, dies
5 months ago

Cow vigilante shot at by cattle smugglers on Delhi-Mumbai E-way, dies

Hindustan Times  

A 38-year-old cow vigilante succumbed to his injuries in a private hospital in Sector 38 on Sunday night after being shot multiple times by cattle smugglers on June 15, said police. According to police, the shooting occurred around 4.45am on June 15 on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Ferozepur Jhirka, where Yadav and six others were chasing the smugglers’ vehicle based …

Cow vigilante allegedly shot at by smugglers in Nuh
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Cow vigilante allegedly shot at by smugglers in Nuh

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: A 38-year-old man was allegedly shot at by cattle smugglers early Saturday morning in Haryana’s Nuh, police said, adding his condition is said to be critical. Police said the man, a cow vigilante, and six others were chasing a vehicle, suspected to be smuggling cattle, on the Delhi-Mumbai expressway near Ferozepur Jhirka, when they were attacked by the alleged …

Muslim ambushed by cow vigilantes in India missing for two years
1 year, 5 months ago

Muslim ambushed by cow vigilantes in India missing for two years

Al Jazeera  

Rafiq Tamboli’s wife continues to search for answers two years after her truck driver husband was stopped by vigilantes in Maharashtra. “That’s when he told us that his truck was intercepted by cow vigilantes in Daund.” The moment she heard that, her heart sank. “The cow vigilantes had told the police about it in a written statement.” The statement was …

‘It was his birthday’: Muslim lynched over beef in western India
1 year, 6 months ago

‘It was his birthday’: Muslim lynched over beef in western India

Al Jazeera  

Afan Abdul Ansari dies and companion Nasir Hussain battles for his life in hospital after attack by cow vigilantes in Maharashtra state. “I froze when I saw his dead body.” Ansari had been lynched by cow vigilantes while ferrying 450 kilogrammes of meat from a vendor in Sangamner – a town 220km away from Mumbai. “The database is a fair …

Bhiwani killings: Cong MLAs accuse govt of shielding cow vigilantes
1 year, 10 months ago

Bhiwani killings: Cong MLAs accuse govt of shielding cow vigilantes

Hindustan Times  

: The issue of the killing of two Muslim men allegedly by cow vigilantes in Bhiwani district rocked the Haryana assembly for the second day on Wednesday, with Congress MLAs from Nuh launching a blistering attack against the state government during the Zero Hour, accusing it of giving “political patronage” to goons roaming in the guise of gaurakshaks in the …

No room for vigilantism in a rules-based society
1 year, 10 months ago

No room for vigilantism in a rules-based society

Hindustan Times  

The grisly deaths of two men in Haryana have stoked a raft of serious questions. The facts of the case are this: Mohammad Junaid, 35, and Mohammad Nasir, 27, were found charred inside a car in Bhiwani district on Thursday, roughly two days after they had left their home in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, nearly 200km away. The first investigation report …

Cow vigilantism was reason behind Bharatpur killing: Rajasthan police
1 year, 10 months ago

Cow vigilantism was reason behind Bharatpur killing: Rajasthan police

Hindustan Times  

The Rajasthan police, probing the killing of two Muslim men from Bharatpur on Thursday in Haryana’s Bhiwani, have claimed that cow vigilantism was the reason behind the crime and all accused are from Haryana. The charred bodies of two Muslim men were found inside a vehicle in Haryana’s Bhiwani district on Thursday. A senior police officer familiar with the matter …

How cow-lover Kishan Bharwad was killed by Islamists over 'blasphemy' in what appears to be a well planned conspiracy
2 years, 11 months ago

How cow-lover Kishan Bharwad was killed by Islamists over 'blasphemy' in what appears to be a well planned conspiracy

Op India  

Dhandhuka Taluka in Ahmedabad district is little over 100 kms from Ahmedabad city. Kishan Bharwad’s house in the village in Dhandhuka Right off the main road near Chachana bus stop is where Kishan’s family home is. Following the action taken by Saudi Arabia government even Indian government should crackdown on Tablighi Jamaat in India,” said Ranchhod Bharwad of Antarrashtriya Hindu …

Gujarat: Cow vigilante killed by cattle traffickers in Valsad; 10 arrested
3 years, 6 months ago

Gujarat: Cow vigilante killed by cattle traffickers in Valsad; 10 arrested

India TV News  

Police have arrested 10 people for allegedly killing a cow vigilante after he was crushed to death by a tempo illegally transporting cattle in Gujarat's Valsad district, officials said. According to police, the accused persons were part of an inter-state network wherein cattle from villages in Valsad were purchased and transported illegally to neighbouring Maharashtra, specially in places like Bhiwandi, …

Man killed in midnight firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Bhaderwah for cow vigilantism; curfew imposed in valley
5 years, 7 months ago

Man killed in midnight firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Bhaderwah for cow vigilantism; curfew imposed in valley

Firstpost  

Curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhaderwah Valley on Thursday following violent protests triggered by the killing of a person in a firing incident, police said. While officials were trying to ascertain the reason behind the firing incident, relatives of the deceased Nayeem alleged he was a victim of cow vigilantism, police said. Bhaderwah: Curfew was imposed in Jammu …

'Cow vigilantes' beat 24-year-old cattle trader for 2 hours in Rohtak, police chain victim instead of taking him to hospital
5 years, 11 months ago

'Cow vigilantes' beat 24-year-old cattle trader for 2 hours in Rohtak, police chain victim instead of taking him to hospital

Firstpost  

Naushad Muhammed, a dairy worker, was thrashed by alleged cow vigilantes on the suspicion that he was transporting cows for slaughter, but his employer said he was transporting buffaloes for trade. We had reached Rohtak’s Bhalout village when I was waylaid by one Jashpal Gumana, who had chased me his scooter,” Naushad said, adding that Gumana overpowered him as soon …

How ‘cow’ becomes cattle, ‘cow vigilantes’ become ‘mob’ and ‘Muslim man’ becomes ‘man’ when perpetrator is Muslim
6 years ago

How ‘cow’ becomes cattle, ‘cow vigilantes’ become ‘mob’ and ‘Muslim man’ becomes ‘man’ when perpetrator is Muslim

Op India  

A lot has been said and written about cow vigilantes and the havoc they have wreaked since 2014. On 30th December, a Muslim man, Kabul Miyan was lynched to death by a mob on the suspicion of cow theft in Araria, Bihar. NDTV headlined their story, “Man, 55, Beaten To Death By Mob Over Alleged Cattle Theft In Bihar’s Araria”. …

Bulandshahr violence attempt to instil fear among Muslims, claim human rights bodies
6 years ago

Bulandshahr violence attempt to instil fear among Muslims, claim human rights bodies

India Today  

The recent Bulandshahr violence that claimed the lives of a policeman and a 20-year-old man was a "targeted attempt" to "instil fear" in the Muslim community, an umbrella organisation of human rights bodies claimed Sunday and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into it. The "fact-finding" team member Manoj Singh, of the All India People's Forum, claimed the way a purported …

You only see death of 2 men, not 21 cows': BJP MLA's shocker on Bulandshahr violence
6 years ago

You only see death of 2 men, not 21 cows': BJP MLA's shocker on Bulandshahr violence

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow/Noida: A BJP MLA on Thursday criticised former bureaucrats who have sought Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s resignation over the Bulandshahr mob violence, saying they were concerned only with the death there of two men and not of “21 cows”. MLA Sanjay Sharma, who represents Anupshahr Assembly constituency in Bulandshahr, also said only the people have the power to …

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