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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 …

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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, …

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4 months ago

What killing of Hindu teen by India cow vigilantes tells us about Modi 3.0

Al Jazeera

What happens when vigilantes, emboldened by the BJP, shoot a Hindu teenager dead after a 40km chase, ‘mistaking’ him for a Muslim? The suspects were cow vigilantes, members of a nationwide right-wing Hindu militia, Gau Raksha Dal, that claims to protect cows – considered holy by many Hindus – from slaughter, mainly by Muslim cattle traders. Against that backdrop, global …

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4 months ago

‘Unconstitutional’: Ex-spokesperson of BJP ally condemns cow vigilante attacks in party-ruled Haryana

Hindustan Times

Senior Janata Dal leader KC Tyagi, who recently resigned as spokesperson of the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar-led party, on Wednesday slammed ‘cow vigilantes,’ describing their actions as ‘unconstitutional.’ JD Tyagi's statement came amid outrage over two incidents of cow-related ‘vigilantism’ in Haryana, where JD ally Bharatiya Janata Party is in power and faces an election in October. Stating that …

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4 months ago

Faridabad shooting: ‘My son was not alone, why was no one else hurt,’ asks Aryan Mishra’s father

The Hindu

The father of teenager Aryan Mishra, who was shot dead allegedly by cow vigilantes in a car chase in Faridabad, is restless with many questions about the death, such as why none of the other passengers in the vehicle were hurt in the attack. "Anil Kaushik told police that my son was killed because they mistook him for a cattle …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Will Vice President, Prime Minister speak up: Kapil Sibal on killing of student 'mistaken' for cattle smuggler

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said the killing of a class 12 student after being 'mistaken' for a cattle smuggler was due to the encouragement given to the agenda of hate, and asked whether Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak up on the incident. The student, Aryan Mishra, was allegedly chased in a …

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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” …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Class 12 student Aryan Mishra shot dead: Are accused cow vigilantes? What Haryana Police said

Hindustan Times

Haryana student shot dead: A Class 12 student, Aryan Mishra, was reportedly chased in a car and shot dead in Haryana's Faridabad on August 23 by a group of five persons believed to be cow vigilantes, who claimed they mistakenly thought the boy was a cattle smuggler, news agency PTI reported citing unnamed police sources on Tuesday. The five suspects—Saurabh, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Row erupts in Haryana as Oppn takes on govt over lynching

Hindustan Times

Police in Haryana announced on Saturday they had arrested five men and detained two boys for allegedly lynching a man from West Bengal after accusing him of eating beef, an incident that triggered angry reactions from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s rivals as the state prepares to elect a new government in a little over a month. “The chief minister has …

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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 …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Election In Pincodes: Hope and aspiration, in the shadow of vigilantism in Alwar

Hindustan Times

The rally is yet to begin, but the sabzi mandi ground in Alwar is buzzing; men in motorcycles with Bharatiya Janata Party flags tied to their rearview mirrors arrive in raucous droves; organisers mill around the dais, asking the teeming crowd to take their seats; and the occasional slogan rents the air. Once the dust settles, and people begin to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

‘Cow smuggler’ held after 7km chase in Gurugram

Hindustan Times

A 28-year-old alleged cow smuggler was arrested and 28 cows and bulls were recovered from a truck on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal near Bilaspur on Tuesday, police officers aware of the matter said. “The police’s cow task force and members of the cow vigilante team started chasing the vehicle and a white car was moving ahead of the truck. Deputy commissioner of …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Cattle rustlers flee, leaving behind truck with 6 cattle near Gurugram

Hindustan Times

A team from Nuh police and self styled cow vigilantes allegedly rescued six injured cattle in the early hours of Saturday, from a truck that the police said was carrying the cattle to Nuh allegedly for slaughter. Mohit Yadav, also known as Monu Manesar, is a cow vigilante and Bajrang Dal functionary, who was recently arrested from Manesar in Haryana, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Arrest of Haryana Congress MLA Mamman Khan a balancing act?

The Hindu

Published : Sep 18, 2023 22:18 IST - 4 MINS READ On September 17, the Nuh district court in Haryana extended the police remand of Congress MLA Mamman Khan by two days, following a request from the police for a five-day extension. The arrest of the Congress MLA came three days after the police had booked cow vigilante and Bajrang …

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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 …

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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 …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Cattle trader allgedly beaten to death in Karnataka, case booked

Deccan Chronicle

Bengaluru: Mystery shrouds the death of a cattle trader Idrees Pasha in Satanoor of Kanakapura in Ramanagar district and he is alleged to have been beaten to death by cattle vigilantes on Friday leading to protests on Saturday in Sathanur. It is said that Zaheer, Irfan and Idrees Pasha were intercepted by cow vigilantes in Satanoor and caught a vehicle …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Bhiwani killings: How pride intertwines with fear, ‘gau raksha’ and Monu Manesar in Haryana

Hindustan Times

At 3.15am on a cold November morning, the smartphones of crime reporters across Gurugram lit up with the arrival of a WhatsApp video. In August 2013, Yadav says he and a group of men “apprehended” a group of cow smugglers outside the Government Polytechnic Education Society College in Manesar. He explained to Monu Manesar that almost every village in Gurugram, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Internet snapped in Haryana's Nuh for 3 days over communal tension

India Today

Internet will remain suspended in Haryana's Nuh district for the next three days amid fears of deepening communal tension in the region following a call for more protests over the abduction and murder of two men from Rajasthan, allegedly by cow vigilantes. An official spokesperson for the government said that in view of potential communal tensions and disturbance of public …

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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 …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Charred Bodies Case: Rajasthan Cops Get Concrete Evidence Against 8 Accused, Monu Manesar's Role Under Probe

News 18

The Rajasthan Police has got concrete evidence against eight accused named in the FIR registered after the abduction and murder of two Muslim men whose charred bodies were found in Haryana’s Bhiwani, officials said on Wednesday. However, the role of Monu Manesar, a member of Bajrang Dal, in the case is still being investigated, they said, adding the Rajasthan Police …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Charred bodies: Vehicle allegedly used by accused seized, Haryana police files FIR against Raj cops

India Today

Rajasthan Police has seized a Haryana-registered SUV allegedly used by cow vigilantes in the abduction and murder of two men whose charred bodies were found in Bhiwani, officials said. Meanwhile, a maha panchayat organised at Manesar in Haryana in support of Monu Manesar threatened to thwart any attempt by the Rajasthan Police to arrest him without "solid proof". The Vishva …

Rajasthan Haryana Hindu Accused Fir Vehicle Registered

1 year, 10 months ago

2 burnt alive in Bhiwani; Bajrang Dal behind crime, allege families; accused denies charges | WATCH

India TV News

In a horrific incident, two men were kidnapped from Bharatpur district in Rajasthan by people said to be cow vigilantes and later they were found charred to death in a car in Haryana’s Bhiwani district on Thursday. Nasir and Junaid alias Juna, both residents of Ghatmeeka village of Pahari tehsil in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, were allegedly abducted on Wednesday …

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2 years, 9 months ago

UP Driver Beaten Up By Cow Vigilantes On Suspicion of 'Ferrying Beef', Police Find 'Nothing' In Van

News 18

A 35-year-old driver of a pick-up van was mercilessly beaten up by cow vigilantes in Raal village over suspicion of ‘ferrying beef and smuggling cattle’ in his vehicle. Singh said that the van, which was heading to Sikandrarao in Hathras from Mathura’s Govardhan, was intercepted by local residents and cow vigilantes from a right-wing outfit in Raal village. Police said …

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

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

What killing of Hindu teen by India cow vigilantes tells us about Modi 3.0

‘Unconstitutional’: Ex-spokesperson of BJP ally condemns cow vigilante attacks in party-ruled Haryana

Faridabad shooting: ‘My son was not alone, why was no one else hurt,’ asks Aryan Mishra’s father

Will Vice President, Prime Minister speak up: Kapil Sibal on killing of student 'mistaken' for cattle smuggler

Faridabad death a reminder of cow vigilantes’ reign of impunity

Class 12 student Aryan Mishra shot dead: Are accused cow vigilantes? What Haryana Police said

Row erupts in Haryana as Oppn takes on govt over lynching

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

Election In Pincodes: Hope and aspiration, in the shadow of vigilantism in Alwar

‘Cow smuggler’ held after 7km chase in Gurugram

Cattle rustlers flee, leaving behind truck with 6 cattle near Gurugram

Arrest of Haryana Congress MLA Mamman Khan a balancing act?

Muslim ambushed by cow vigilantes in India missing for two years

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

Cattle trader allgedly beaten to death in Karnataka, case booked

Bhiwani killings: How pride intertwines with fear, ‘gau raksha’ and Monu Manesar in Haryana

Internet snapped in Haryana's Nuh for 3 days over communal tension

Bhiwani killings: Cong MLAs accuse govt of shielding cow vigilantes

Charred Bodies Case: Rajasthan Cops Get Concrete Evidence Against 8 Accused, Monu Manesar's Role Under Probe

Charred bodies: Vehicle allegedly used by accused seized, Haryana police files FIR against Raj cops

2 burnt alive in Bhiwani; Bajrang Dal behind crime, allege families; accused denies charges | WATCH

UP Driver Beaten Up By Cow Vigilantes On Suspicion of 'Ferrying Beef', Police Find 'Nothing' In Van