India 'cow vigilantes' lynch three men

[Ryan]

India 'cow vigilantes' lynch three men

• 19 July 2019

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Image captionRelatives of the victims mourned outside a hospital in Bihar
A mob in eastern India has beaten to death three men suspected of trying to steal cattle, police say.

They say the suspects were caught by villagers in the Bihar state as they were trying to load a buffalo and a calf onto a lorry on Friday morning.

This is the latest in a spate of "cow vigilante" attacks that have provoked alarm among religious minorities and socially underprivileged classes.

Hindus consider cows sacred and killing them is taboo.


Media captionNawal Kishore Sharma explains how the vigilante patrols work
Three villagers were later arrested in connection with the lynching.

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Critics have accused the governing Hindu-nationalist BJP of not doing enough to rein in such violence.

Several dozen people have been killed and hundreds injured in mob attacks since 2014, when the BJP came to power, but there have been convictions in only a handful of cases.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticised for not condemning the attacks quickly or strongly enough.

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[Ryan]

3 Beaten to Death by Lynch Mob in Bihar; Owaisi Raises Issue in LS

 

[Vikki]

They are thieves...lynching thieves is a common thing in north indian villages as people lost faith in police...this has got nothing to do with religion

 

[Ryan]

The election is over and perhaps RSS/BJP feel emboldened. The business is resumed as usual.

 

[khansaheeb]

They are thieves...lynching thieves is a common thing in north indian villages as people lost faith in police...this has got nothing to do with religion

It's time for the Muslims to start avenging these murders, you Hindus need a befitting reply.

 

[Ryan]

They are thieves...lynching thieves is a common thing in north indian villages as people lost faith in police...this has got nothing to do with religion

What do those 3 men steal? Where is the evidence of the alleged purloining? How is the killing/mob lynching justified?

 

[khansaheeb]

The election is over and perhaps RSS/BJP feel emboldened. The business is resumed as usual.

Muslim meat instead of cow meat being peddled in the streets?

 

[Thorough Pro]

how come the world never heard of this "common" lynching before modi came to power?
That was the first one, give me 10 more.

They are thieves...lynching thieves is a common thing in north indian villages as people lost faith in police...this has got nothing to do with religion

 

[KAL-EL]

Actual cow vigilantes? I guess I need to read some more.

 

[Vikki]

how come the world never heard of this "common" lynching before modi came to power?
That was the first one, give me 10 more.

they were there even before modi came to power...but social media was not there then

 

[maximuswarrior]

India shining once again.

I cannot be more happy with Modi being in power LOL Making headlines.

 

[Thorough Pro]

Looks like you have been living under a rock

they were there even before modi came to power...but social media was not there then

 

[khansaheeb]

Looks like you have been living under a rock

probably poops in the fields too.