Man lynched by 'cow vigilantes' on suspicion of transporting beef in Nashik

A 32yearold man was lynched allegedly a group of cow vigilantes on suspicion of transporting beef in Maharashtras Nashik district police officials told news agency PTI on MondayThis is the second incident in Nashik in nearly two weeks of killing of a person by cow vigilantesThe latest incident took place at around 530 pm on Saturday near Gambhirwadi on GhotiSinnar Road in Igatpuri area of Nashik located more than 150 km from Mumbai an official told PTIEleven persons have been arrested in this connection the Ghoti police told PTITwo men from Kurla area in Mumbai who were transporting meat in a car were attacked allegedly by a group of 10 to 15 cow vigilantes with steel rods and wooden sticks the official saidThe two men Afan Ansari 32 and his associate Nasir Qureshi 24 who were on way to Mumbai received serious injuries in the attack he saidBoth were rushed to SMBT Hospital in Dhamangaon area where Ansari was declared dead during treatment the official told PTI adding the other injured person was undergoing treatmentBased on Qureshis complaint the Ghoti police have arrested 11 persons and a case has been registered on charges of murder he saidThe meat samples have been sent to a forensic lab for testing and further probe is underway into the case he saidOn June 8 three men transporting cattle on a tempo were attacked allegedly a group of cow vigilantes police earlier saidThe body of one of them identified as Lukman Ansari 23 was recovered from a gorge at Ghatandevi in Igatpuri area on June 10 they saidMeanwhile a 32yearold cow vigilante was killed in an attack in Maharashtrarsquos Nanded district after he and his friends sought to intercept a vehicle on suspicion that it was smuggling cattle police said on June 20Local Hindu rightwing organizations called for a Bandh over the incident but later withdrew the callThe incident took place near Shivni village in Kinwat tehsil around 1130 pm on June 19 superintendent of police Shrkrishna Kokate told PTISeven men from Shivni and Chikhli villages were returning from a program in neighbouring Telangana in a car when they saw a vehicle and suspected that it was transporting cattle illegally he told PTIWhen they tried to stop it about 1015 men from the vehicle allegedly attacked them with sticks and sharp weapons Shekhar Rapeli 32 died due to the injuries while four others who were with him were seriously injured and undergoing treatment at the Nanded government hospital the police official told PTIA case of murder and rioting was registered at Islapur police station and police were looking for the suspects the SP saidWith inputs from PTI