The court said it was the duty of the state to ensure law and order is maintained. The PIL filed through advocate Asif Naqvi seeks to frame guidelines for the safety of citizens from cow vigilantes (gau rakshaks). The PIL has cited various news reports of incidents across the country where people have been allegedly killed in cow vigilante attacks. The PIL states that nothing is being done by the government to protect citizens and that it is the state's duty to protect them. The PIL prays for calling of records from all police stations giving details about incidents of cow vigilantes and setting up a call centre for people to make complaints of any kind of harassment.

Source: dna August 22, 2017 02:15 UTC