- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
By: Sarwar Alam
A Muslim man died early Saturday after he was attacked by vigilantes while transporting cows in western India’s Rajasthan state, police said. India has witnessed a spate of lynchings by Hindu extremist “cow vigilantes” targeting Muslims and low-caste Dalits accused of killing cows or eating beef and other mob attacks over child kidnapping rumours. Akbar Khan, 28, was walking with another person and two cows through Alwar district, around 100 miles (160 kilometres) from the state capital Jaipur, when some local villagers attacked them late Friday night. “The incident of alleged lynching of a person transporting bovines in Alwar district is condemnable,”…
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