New Delhi: Cow vigilantes allegedly chased a Class 12 student in Faridabad, Haryana. They mistook him for a cattle smuggler and killed him. Police arrested five members of the cow vigilante group for the August 23 attack on Monday.
The arrested men—Anil Kaushik, Varun, Krishna, Adesh, and Saurabh—allegedly chased Aryan Mishra and his friends. The group included Shanky, Harshit, and two girls. They pursued them for about 30 kilometers on the Delhi-Agra National Highway.
According to sources, the cow vigilantes received information about cattle smugglers. The smugglers were allegedly driving Renault Duster and Toyota Fortuner cars. The sources said that the smugglers were recceing the city and picking up cattle.
While searching for the cattle smugglers, the group spotted a Duster car. They asked Aryan’s friend Harshit, who was driving, to stop. Harshit did not stop because he and his friends thought goons were targeting their friend Shanky, who had a feud with someone.
As Aryan and his friends didn’t stop, the accused men went after the car. Catching up, they opened fire at the car and a bullet hit Aryan – who was in the passenger seat – near the neck. The shooters fired again when his friend finally stopped the car, fearing that they might return fire.
The second bullet hit Aryan in the chest.
When the attackers saw two girls in the car, they realised they may have shot the wrong person, and fled.
Aryan was rushed to a hospital, where he died a day later.
The weapon used in the incident was also illegal, sources said. The five men are currently in police custody and further investigation is underway.
Elderly Man Assaulted
Co-passengers allegedly assaulted an elderly Muslim man on an express train near Igatpuri in Maharashtra’s Nashik district on suspicion of carrying beef, the Government Railway Police (GRP) said on Saturday, 31 August.
The GRP has initiated a probe after a video of the alleged incident, which took place earlier this week, surfaced on social media, an official said. The video shows several people physically assaulting a man and verbally abusing him inside a train.
According to the GRP, co-passengers allegedly beat up Haji Ashraf Munyar, a resident of Jalgaon district, as he traveled to his daughter’s house in Kalyan, suspecting him of carrying beef near Igatpuri.
This news is sourced from NDTV and is intended for informational purposes only.
