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India 'cow vigilantes' kill two Muslim men in Assam
- 01 May 2017
- India
Image caption Many Hindus consider cows sacred
Police in India say two Muslim men have been lynched, allegedly by a mob, which accused them of trying to steal cows for slaughter.
The killings in the north-eastern state of Assam are the latest in a series of attacks blamed on hardline Hindu groups in recent months.
Hindus consider cows sacred and killing them is illegal in several states.
A Human Rights Watch report last week said at least 10 Muslims, have been killed over the issue since May 2015.
The victims of Sunday's attack in Assam's Nagaon district have been identified as Abu Hanifa and Riyazuddin Ali, police said.
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"They were chased and beaten with sticks by villagers who said the two men were trying to steal cows from their grazing field," news agency AFP quoted senior police official Debaraj Upadhyay as saying.
"By the time we took them to the hospital at night they had succumbed to their injuries," he added.
A murder case has been registered and two people have been detained for questioning, police said.
The Human Rights Watch report says that since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party formed India's federal government in 2014, attacks against Muslims and Dalits have risen over rumours that they sold, bought, or killed cows for beef.
Those killed in the violent vigilante campaign against beef consumption include a 12-year-old boy.
Many states are now actively enforcing bans on cow slaughter and in March, the western state of Gujarat passed a law making the slaughter of cows punishable with life imprisonment.
In addition to government bans, several vigilante groups who portray themselves as protectors of cows have also been active in several states.
The groups routinely check vehicles and often beat up cattle traders.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year criticised the vigilantes, saying such people made him "angry", but this has not stopped the attacks against cattle traders.
Source:
BBC News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-39769172
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This is the new normal under Modi. We have read and heard countless stories over the years surfacing from India. Kill, rape and murder without question. These people have the audacity to lecture others about terrorism and human rights. What an utter shame.
Just try to imagine the mindset of people who would kill others on mere suspicion of stealing and eating cow meat. What kind of a mindset would resort to such barbarity.
To make matters worse, we have Indians on this forum who are shamelessly defending murder and rape.