An animal activist who visited an illegal slaughter house was attacked by a mob. She claims to have been attacked because she lodged a police complaint against illegal cow slaughter at a locality in Karnataka’s capital.
Nandini M said that her right shoulder was fractured during the assault in the Avalahalli area, a rundown locality in the country’s technology hub. Her car was also damaged in stone-pelting by the mob, she added.
Police, however, blamed Nandini for the incident, saying the stone-pelting was sparked by her car hitting a roadside kiosk.
Nandini said she and one of her friends alerted the police after noticing about 14 cows being transported, which she described as “suspicious”. Slaughter of milch cows and calves are banned in Karnataka, though old, injured or cattle suffering from disease are allowed to be killed in licensed abattoirs.
Nadini said when she did not get any response from the police, she and her friend returned to the police station to enquire about the matter. She then took two of the police officers with her to the illegal slaughter house. When they reached the locality, Nandini said, they saw a crowd and hence assumed that the police were at the spot.
“When we entered the narrow lane leading to the room (where the cattle were allegedly taken) we were shocked to find that there was no police. That is when we felt something hit the car,” she added.
She said a large mob had surrounded their car and stones were being thrown at them from a nearby construction site. Nadini said though the two constables got out of the car, the mob kept pelting stones forcing her to flee from the scene.
“We don’t know what happened to the constables,” she said.
A senior officer at the Thalaghattapura police station, who did not want to be named as he was not authorised to speak to the media, said the mob pelted stones because Nandini’s car had hit a petty shop when she had gone back.
“The violence was because of the accident,” the officer said. “We have rescued three cows from the spot.”
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