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Cow vigilantes attack police-seized bovine carriers in J-K’s Ramban
A group taking 23 police-seized bovine animals through a hilly track in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district was attacked by cow vigilantes on August 4, leaving several people injured. Shakeel Ahmad, who…
The Story in Brief
A group taking 23 police-seized bovine animals through a hilly track in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district was attacked by cow vigilantes on August 4, leaving several people injured. Shakeel Ahmad, who was moving the animals on police orders, said an armed mob led by Surjeet and Tilak Raj encircled and beat him and four workers at Bilawat village, snatching two mobile phones. Gafoor (20) suffered serious injuries, said Greater Kashmir. Police have registered an FIR against 17 persons under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita including rioting and criminal intimidation. This is the second such attack in Ramban in five months; a man died in April while fleeing alleged vigilantes.
The Indian Opinion
Vigilante attacks on legally moved cattle erode faith in the police and courts, but so does unchecked smuggling. The accused claim they were preventing illegal transport, yet the animals were under police seizure. Neither side gets a pass. The April death and now this assault show a pattern of violent shortcuts. Have the 17 accused been arrested yet? That number will tell us whether Ramban police treat all lives equally under the law.
Source: greaterkashmir.com
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