HRW cited specific cases including a mob attack last week, in which five members of a cattle-herding family were attacked on the suspicion that they were going to take their cows to slaughter them.
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune
By News Desk | April 29, 2017
According to the Human Rights Watch [HRW], Indian authorities should prosecute so called “cow vigilantes”.
HRW expressed concern, on Thursday, stating that authorities blame the victims rather than “cow protectors” who attack targets and even kill them in some cases. In a statement, HRW said that “the police, too often, have filed complaints against the assault victims, their relatives, and associates under laws banning cow slaughter.”
According to the HRW, these attacks are generally aimed at Muslims, who have no religious restriction on eating beef, and Dalits. At least 10 Muslims have been killed by cow vigilantes in seven incidents since May 2015, one which included a 12-year-old boy. It also stated that, often, the victims are robbed of cash and cell phones.
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