- Anurag Pathak/26.4.2017
Five members of a nomadic family, including a nine-year-old girl and an elderly man, moving with their livestock, were injured in the deadly attack by cow vigilante group on the night of Friday, April 21, in Reasi district of Jammu & Kashmir.
The family was intercepted by a large group of saffron Vigilantes and beaten up with iron rods. In videos of the attack women are clearly heard screaming and begging for mercy inside a shed as a large group of men kick the tin structure and chant slogans.
The police, present on the scene of occurance, is recorded stating that families that move with cattle have been advised "to travel with proper permission and only during the day". Undeterred by the scathing exposure of on-the-spot instant support by the police to cow vigilante attackers, SDS Jamwal, a senior officer in J&K police said "Strict action will be taken. These people (the victims) were moving with their livestock without permission. They were intercepted by Gau-Rakshaks and beaten up.
The family was intercepted by a large group of saffron Vigilantes and beaten up with iron rods. In videos of the attack women are clearly heard screaming and begging for mercy inside a shed as a large group of men kick the tin structure and chant slogans.
The police, present on the scene of occurance, is recorded stating that families that move with cattle have been advised "to travel with proper permission and only during the day". Undeterred by the scathing exposure of on-the-spot instant support by the police to cow vigilante attackers, SDS Jamwal, a senior officer in J&K police said "Strict action will be taken. These people (the victims) were moving with their livestock without permission. They were intercepted by Gau-Rakshaks and beaten up.
