Cow vigilante killed in Madhya Pradesh, murder caught on camera
Bhopal/IBNS: A 35-year-old man related to a cow vigilante group in Madhya Pradesh was attacked with sharp-edged weapons and then shot dead by a group of men in Hoshangabad district, police said on Saturday.
The incident was caught on camera by a witness.
The victim has been identified as Ravi Vishwakarma, who was the district in-charge of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) "gau raksha" wing.
Vishwakarma was returning from Hoshangabad with two others in a car on Friday when he was attacked in Pipariya town, around 150 km from Bhopal, police told media.
In the video of the incident captured by a witness, six to eight men, some of whose faces were covered with towels and scarves, were seen first attacking the car near a bridge.
Ravi Vishawakarma District president Gau Raksha wing was shot dead in Pipariya @VHPDigital says it was a pre planned murder @DGP_MP registered a case and efforts are on to nab the accused @ndtvindia @ndtv @RSSorg @INCIndia #PostponeneetJee #SushanthSinghRajput #chinaindiaborder pic.twitter.com/hJWdLbpyyx
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A woman, meanwhile, could be heard urging the man recording the video to leave the area.
The assailants could be seen breaking the windows of the car with rods and then forcing two men accompanying the VHP leader to come out of the car.
The men then shot into the car with a pistol. Following this, they pulled out Vishwakarma and beat him with rods until he was dead.
Cow vigilante groups have often engaged in violent measures, taking up law onto themselves, to stop cow slaughter, which is illegal in India.
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