Mob attacks van carrying cows

By Our Staff Correspondent

BHOPAL, NOV. 12. A mob went berserk in Kesharbaug area of Indore on Sunday and burnt a pick-up van after beating up the driver and setting free the cows that were being transported in the vehicle.

It had been reported through local cable television that some Bajrang Dal activists, acting on a tip-off, had resorted to direct action and intercepted two vehicles engaged in transporting cattle.

The mob was angry as it believed that the animals were being taken to a slaughterhouse. After freeing the cows, they bashed up the driver and cleaner of one of the vans before setting it afire.

When the Superintendent of Indore Police, Mr. B.B.S. Thakur, was contacted, he said there was no evidence at this stage to suggest that those involved in the incident were Bajrang Dal activists. He said that the vehicle destroyed by mob fury had been forced to stop due to a flat tyre and what followed was perhaps the result of sheer speculation on the part of some of those in the crowd.

When asked whether or not the cows were being taken to the slaughterhouse, the Superintendent of Police said investigations were on.

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