Highlights 1 BJP worker thrashed by men belonging to a fringe group in Nagpur. Salim Ismail Shah, a BJP worker who was beaten up by a cow vigilante group for carrying beef in Nagpur last week, has been arrested. Shah had earlier denied carrying beef when he was attacked by members of a fringe group - Prahar Sena - which is linked to local Independen MLA Bapchchu Kadu. Carrying beef is illegal as per the new norms passed by state government recently. They assaulted him on the suspicion that he was carrying beef.

Source: India Today July 17, 2017 07:40 UTC