By Clarion India
NEW DELHI – Right-wing members associated with a cow vigilante group brutally attacked a Muslim truck driver transporting bulls in his vehicle in Haryana’s Nuh earlier this week. The incident occurred on Wednesday (December 18) but came to light when the video of the attack went viral on Saturday.
The video on different social media platforms shows the extremist group forcing truck driver Arman Khan to kneel while interrogating him. The assailants beat Khan and dragged him by his hair, compelling him to repeatedly chant “gau hamari mata hai” (the cow is our mother) and “bail hamara baap hai” (the bull is our father).
The incident is part of a broader pattern of violence associated with cow vigilantism in the country. Several vigilante groups, often associated with Hindutva ideology, have been reportedly involved in numerous instances of religious vigilantism and hate crimes, with the Muslim community being mainly targeted.
These attacks involve harassment, beating and more severe forms of violence such as lynchings. One of the horrific instances includes Nasir, aged 25 years, and Junaid alias Juna, aged 35 years, who were abducted and charred to death by Bajrang Dal members on suspicion of cow-smuggling on February 16, 2023.
Their bodies were found inside a burnt vehicle in Haryana’s Bhiwani district later.
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