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Tension in UP village over cow slaughter allegation, 21 held

10-Oct-2015

Mainpuri (UP), Oct 9, 2015, (PTI), Agencies: At least 21 people have been held in UP’s Mainpuri district for the violence that erupted yesterday following rumour of cow slaughter. Several shops and police vehicles were torched. People in Nagaria village set police jeeps on fire and damaged several other vehicles as they were agitated over…

Dadri again? Mob targets 4 accused of killing cow in Agra

10-Oct-2015

Agra: Shops Gutted, Vehicles Burnt, Many Cops Hurt A riot-like situation broke out in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday after a Hindu mob chased, beat up and nearly lynched a group of Muslim men accused of killing and then skinning a cow. A contingent of the PAC had to be called in after mobs set…

Protesters clash with police in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri over alleged cow slaughter

10-Oct-2015

Oct 10, 2015 | • PTI • Mainpuri People in Nagaria village set police jeeps on fire and damaged several other vehicles Mainpuri: Two people were arrested on Friday night after protesters clashed with the police in Karhal area in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri following rumour of cow slaughter. People in Nagaria village set police jeeps…

Bajrang Dal attacks K’taka cattle trader

09-Oct-2015

POLICE ARRIVED IN THE NICK OF TIME TO RESCUE IBRAHIM PADUBIDRI FROM A DADRI-STYLE LYNCHING BENGALURU: A cattle trader in Karnataka had a narrow escape after Bajrang Dal activists attacked him with metal rods and chains on a rumour about a stolen cow even as protests erupt across the country against the lynching of a…

MLA thrashed over beef party: Omar says ‘done in Dadri way’

08-Oct-2015

Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, October 8, 2015 At least seven BJP MLAs on Thursday thrashed independent legislator Engineer Rashid inside the Assembly for organising a beef party on Wednesday evening. The incident took place immediately after the Assembly met around 10 a.m. to discuss bills, with bills on beef ban listed for the day, though down…

UP riots: Sahai panel indicts BJP MLA, suggests no action

08-Oct-2015

Lucknow: Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission’s report on Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 has put the BJP’s Sangeet Singh Som on top of the list of those it has found responsible for the flare-up, but has not recommended any action against the Sardhana MLA. While elaborating that police officials informed him that Som uploaded a video that…

Uttar Pradesh on boil: 330 communal incidents since July 2014 over ‘cow slaughter’

08-Oct-2015

Of the 330 incidents recorded by the state police, 216 were reported from western UP, which includes Gautam Budh Nagar and Muzaffarnagar. Written by Appu Esthose Suresh New Delhi Updated: Oct 8, 2015, 7:40 At least 330 incidents of communal violence over alleged cow slaughter have been reported in Uttar Pradesh since June 2014, according…

Mob sets fire to truck carrying cows in UP, thrashes Muslim youth

08-Oct-2015

Lucknow, Oct 08, 2015, DHNS Tension prevailed in Malipur area in Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkar Nagar district after locals torched a truck allegedly carried cows and assaulted a Muslim youth. Police sources here said the truck was on its way to the neighbouring Sultanpur district on Wednesday morning, when it collided with a tractor-trolley near Salahpur…