As many as 200 cow vigilante groups have sprung up Gujarat. He would urge the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to direct the State government to shut down such vigilante groups, Mr. Thakker added. “I was badly beaten up by people from the Gau Samiti three months ago when my tempo carrying two buffalos was intercepted on the national highway near Vadodara. In the last year there have been around a dozen instances of such groups intercepting vehicles or raiding slaughter houses. They have become a law and order problem because of their aggression and the way they take law into their hands.

Source: The Hindu July 22, 2016 07:31 UTC