A Reuters special report this month investigated the vigilantes, who snatch cows from Muslims whom they are convinced intend to slaughter the animals. It is an accusation that inflames passions in a Hindu majority nation, where many consider the animal sacred and killing cows is outlawed in most states. Indian police arrest suspected cow vigilantes after Muslim killedThe reporting process revealed some fresh details about a rising tide of religious nationalism in India, beyond the country’s booming stock market and rising direct foreign investment. Interviews with just two of the Hindu-led groups found they’d seized some 190,000 cows, at times working with police, since Modi took office. An angry crowd stopped them after seeing cows in the back of their truck and beat the Khan family in the middle of the road.

Source: The Express Tribune November 16, 2017 08:15 UTC