By DH Web Desk
Muslim men in India’s Mewat region are living in fear ever since the news of ‘cow vigilante’ leaders urging their associates to apply for gun licences en masse came to light, reported The Hindu.
Mewat is a historical region that comprises parts of modern day Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
According to the report, the call to apply for gun licences in bulk appeared on multiple WhatsApp groups of cow vigilantes across the region after Daya Ram, a resident of Mewat’s Bisaru village, was allegedly attacked by cattle smugglers in the night.
Several cases of lynching have occurred in the past few years, which have made Muslim dairy farmers fearful and wary to carry on with their trade.
In Rajasthan’s Ghatmeeka village in the border of Haryana, Mohammed Ali, 27, and his two brothers, has quit dairy farming. “Since Junaid and Nasir’s death last year, we have quit our family business of dairy farming and we started working as drivers,” he told The Hindu.
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