Stories of alleged beatings, rapes, and occasional killings by cow vigilantes have saturated the Indian media since September 2015, when a Muslim villager from Dadri, on the outskirts of Delhi, was lynched after being accused of storing beef in his freezer.
Mohammad Akhlaq was dragged out of his home in September 2015 and beaten to death with bricks in the village of Bisara, near Dadri, 50 kilometres from the capital Delhi, after rumors spread that he had killed and eaten a cow -- an animal revered by many Hindus. His son was seriously injured.
Tellingly, Prime Minister Modi failed to condemn the lynching.
(Article changed on November 2, 2016 at 21:09)
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