Tensions in Bengaluru as Bihar migrant cuts off udders of 3 cows, BJP cries ‘jihadi terror’
Live MintA migrant from Bihar has been arrested in Bengaluru city of Karnataka for attacking four cows and cutting off the udders of three of them on early Sunday in the Vinayaka Nagar area. The incident led to tensions in the city with the Bharatiya Janata party and the Hindutva organisations terming it as an act of “jihadi terror”. Several BJP leaders, including the Leader of Opposition in the state Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and former Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan condemned the incident. Expressing strong outrage over the incident of alleged 'mutilating cows' udders in Chamarajpet, Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy condemned the act as “utterly heinous and grotesque.” Former Karnataka chief minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai has condemned the alleged severing of the udders of cows in Bengaluru's Vinayaka Nagar, calling it an inhumane act and criticizing the state government for its failure to protect animals.