Ahmed has already walked for 18 days and crossed the treacherous mountains in Jammu and Kashmir. “The cows we were travelling with are not for trade but for personal use and never do we smuggle cows for slaughtering,” said Nazakat Ali, one of the injured. But for the Gujjar-Bakarwal, cow is just like family, he says – and hence, the allegations are absurd. “How will they smuggle cows for slaughter who observe four-days mourning for the death of one? There are organised mafias which smuggle cows,” says Rahi, who heads the NGO Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation.

Source: Hindustan Times May 04, 2017 07:37 UTC