Four Dalit men were chained to a car, stripped and beaten up by cow protection vigilantes in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district, police said on Tuesday. Cow protection vigilante groups have been active in various parts of the country against slaughter of cows and consumption of beef. In one of the most brutal attacks over cow protection, 52-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched in Bisada village near Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, by a Hindu mob for allegedly killing a calf for meat. A video purportedly recorded by the attackers and shared online shows the four men chained to a car and being beaten with iron rods. According to the complainant, Vasrambhai Sarvaiya, the accused also took away their mobile phones.

Source: Hindustan Times July 12, 2016 15:34 UTC