NEW DELHI: Yet another Muslim man has been killed in India by Hindu extremists over suspicion of cow slaughter.
Hindu extremists accused the Muslim man of butchering a cow, police said on Monday, in the latest case of violence involving the animals considered sacred to the country’s Hindu-majority population.
M.L. Meena, a senior police official in eastern Jharkhand state, told Reuters a crowd of 10-15 people attacked three men on Sunday, accusing them of butchering a cow in a forest about 50 km (30 miles) from the state capital Ranchi.
The villagers beat them “severely”, Meena said. One of trio died and the others sustained injuries. One of the men is still undergoing treatment in hospital, while the remaining victim suffered minor injuries.
Police have detained eight people in connection with the lynching in the rural Khunti district, he added.