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Cow-protection groups see themselves as preventing cattle theft and smuggling, [9] protecting the cow or upholding the law in an Indian state which bans cow slaughter. According to a Reuters report, a total of 63 cow vigilante attacks had occurred in India between 2010 and mid 2017, most after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 .
Two men, in their 20s, were allegedly killed by a mob of cow vigilantes, after being accused of trying to steal cows for slaughter. [citation needed] 24 April 2017 Jammu and Kashmir: 0 5 A family of five, including a 9-year-old girl, were attacked and injured; police arrested 11 so-called cow vigilantes in connection with the attack. [56]
The stray cow attacks on humans and crops in both urban and rural areas is an issue for the residents. [2] [3] Cow slaughter is banned in many places in India with penalties of long imprisonment and huge fines. Fear of arrest, persecution, and lynching by cow vigilantes has reduced the trading of cows. Once a cow stops giving milk, feeding and ...
In India where the cow is a sacred creature, a group of vigilante rescuers work through the night to ensure the safety of local cattle. The group watches for smugglers whom intend to take the ...
Scores of cow protectors in recent years have been accused of using violence to carry out extra-judicial activ India's far-right cow vigilantes bolster clout before high-stake elections Skip to ...
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The Bhartiya Gau Raksha Dal (lit. ' Indian Cow Protection Organization '; abbr.:BGRD) is a Hindutva group and right-wing federation of cattle protection movements in India affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and a member of the Sangh Parivar. [3]
With the advent of British rule in India, eating beef along with drinking whiskey as it was part of their food culture, in English-language colleges in Bengal, became a method of fitting in into the British culture. The reverence for the cow played a role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company.