A leader of BJP of Rajasthan, Gyan Dev Ahuja speaking on the mob beating of an alleged cow smuggler on Saturday, has declared: “If you smuggle cows, you will be killed”.
A man called Zakir Khan was arrested for cattle smuggling after he was pulled out of his truck and beaten by villagers on Saturday. The police had tried to stop his truck, in which there were eight cows, but Zakir allegedly drove through the barricades. The police also claim those in the truck fired at them. Villagers stopped the truck and attacked Zakir Khan. Three others with him ran away.
The BJP legislator from Ramgarh also rubbished that Zakir Khan had been beaten up. “As the public was following the truck, it overturned, resulting in the injuries… The people didn’t beat him…he was injured because the vehicle overturned,” he said.
In April, Pehlu Khan was beaten to death by a mob of vigilantes on the Delhi-Jaipur highway for transporting cows. The police had named cow protection groups and the leader of a local Gaushala or cattle shed for the attack, but the accused were let off by the state Criminal Investigation Department.
In November, Ummar Khan was shot dead on the Alwar-Bharatpur border, again by alleged cow vigilantes. The police accused him of smuggling cattle. Three people were arrested and charged with murder.
This month, the police have had two encounters with alleged cow traffickers. One man was killed in a shootout with the police on December 7.
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