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Judicial Pushback against Cow Vigilantism: Allahabad HC flags arbitrary FIRs, demands accountability from top officials
The Court exposes the way a regulatory law has become a system of targeted persecution of minorities through arbitrary FIRs under the 1955 law while ignoring the Supreme Court’s binding directives to prohibit group violence
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Spate of cow vigilantism in November 2024: Brutal assaults and legal impunity across North India
From Haryana to Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, a series of violent incidents highlight the unchecked rise of cow vigilante groups, with escalating attacks on the marginalised community, and the complicity of law enforcement in enabling such violence
Haryana Horror: Migrant worker lynched and teenager fatally shot amid rising violence
A migrant worker from West Bengal was allegedly lynched in Haryana over suspicion of eating beef and a 19-year-old was shot dead after a 30-km car chase in Haryana’s Palwal district by self-proclaimed ‘cow vigilante’ group
2024: Cow vigilantism escalates in July and August with rumour-driven raids and violent assaults on Muslim while legal consequences for perpetrators missing?
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Amidst increasing cow-related violence, police inaction and mob brutality create a climate of fear for minorities and marginalized groups; enforcement efforts remain conspicuously absent.
Two dead, one injured after truck carrying cattle chased and attacked in Chhattisgarh
Two men have died after a mob of “cow vigilantes” reportedly attacked a truck transporting cattle in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur
Repeat offender among suspects in lynching of Muslim man in Gujarat
On May 23, a Muslim man named Misri Khan Baloch was attacked and killed by a group of men in Diyodar, Gujarat.
Cow vigilantes chase truck, tie up Muslim truck driver, and associate
In an incident of vigilante violence, a Muslim truck driver and his co-traveller were chased by two cars of men and removed from the truck and tied in a humiliating manner.
Another man assaulted by cow vigilantes in Karnataka
Karnataka has witnessed several instances of violence against cattle traders, out of which many of such victims are Muslims.
Five BJP run states see spiral in targeted anti-Muslim violence, cow vigilantism and assaults reported
A total of seven anti-Muslim incidents were reported in the past three days; three in UP, one each in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Gujarat
UP Bajrang Dal leader and 3 others arrested for slaughtering cows to falsely implicate a Muslim man
According to the police version, as reported by The Indian Express, one of the accused took the help of Bajrang Dal workers to put his ‘enemy’ in jail by making it appear that he had slaughtered cows.
Vigilante violence against Muslims continues without rest
From Madhya Pradesh to Karnataka, vigilante groups reportedly consisting of members from Hindutva organisations are reportedly accosting and beating Muslim youth across the country.