Days after a Hindutva mob killed a 37-year-old Muslim man in Moradabad over allegations of cow slaughter, police on Wednesday arrested his friend, who was with him at the time of the brutal assault. However, no arrests have been made in the murder case.
In addition to the criminal complaint, the court ordered the Superintendent of Police in Panchmahals, Godhra, to launch departmental proceedings against the officers involved.
A 24-year-old Muslim youth, Wasim Qureshi Monu, was allegedly thrown into a pond by a cattle protection squad of Uttarakhand Police, according to accusations made by his family and locals. The police claim that he drowned while attempting to evade the arrest.
Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday invoked the draconian National Security Act (NSA) against two Muslim men accused of involvement in an alleged cow slaughter, and transferred the district collector and superintendent of police.
Rajasthan authorities demolished 12 houses of Muslims in Kishangarh Bas and eradicated mustard and wheat crops on 44 acres of land over allegations of cow slaughter in Rundh Gidawada village in Mirzapur of Alwar district on Monday.
Members of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha killed a cow in Agra, Uttar Pradesh with the intention of stirring up violence against Muslims and falsely implicating three Muslim men in the crime.