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Fearing Vigilante Attack, Muslim Corporator Hands Over Pet Cow To Police In Meerut

Ghaffar called the decision a personal one and said it had nothing to do with his party.

A바카라 웹사이트Muslim municipal corporator바카라 웹사이트in바카라 웹사이트Uttar Pradesh's Meerut has handed over his바카라 웹사이트pet바카라 웹사이트cow to the police바카라 웹사이트fearing attack from cow vigilantes in the state.

Abdul Ghaffar, a Bahujan Samaj Party corporator from ward no 73, gave a written declaration and left his cow at the Nauchandi police station바카라 웹사이트on Tuesday. HeThe Hindu바카라 웹사이트that he "feared attacks" and that growing incidents of violent crimes against minority community were "scary".

Ghaffar called the decision a personal one and said it had nothing to do with his party.

The cow바카라 웹사이트grew up at Ghaffar's home as a pet.바카라 웹사이트He told the paper that "with the increase in violent attacks, it was getting difficult for me to continue keeping her in my house."

He said there was a possibility that the cow could have been harmed while she was in his house just to “unleash violence.”

Spotlight fell on cow vigilantism with a murder that came to be known as Dadri killing.바카라 웹사이트On September 28, 2015, a mob clubbed to death 52-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq, 52 after rumours spread that he had slaughtered a calf.바카라 웹사이트

Cow vigilantes have been raiding and attacking trucks and people accusing them of smuggling cows for slaughter or eating beef. Since the beginning of 2015, at least 12 Muslims have been killed in a violent vigilante campaign against cow slaughter and beef consumption in north Indian states.

The cow vigilantes have more or less not paid heed to even Prime Minister Narendra Modi라이브 바카라 calls to end violence.

As the menace spiraled out of hand, the Supreme Court told states to appoint a senior police officer as the nodal officer in each district to ensure that cow vigilantes don’t run riot.

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