'Gau rakshak' shot dead in Haryana's Palwal by alleged cow smugglers

Palwal: A 35-year-old man was shot dead the victim identified as Gopal from Palwal was shot dead he was a member of ‘Gau Rakshak Samiti’ he was allegedly attacked and killed while chasing a vehicle

The man tried to chase the vehicle and the moment he took out his phone to inform other members of the samiti he was shot dead by cow smugglers.

The body has been sent for postmortem and the investigation is on.

The family members of the deceased have blamed the cow mafia behind this brutal killing.

As per the initial reports, Gopal, 35, was a very active member of the local gau rakshak team and as per his friends, the attack took place when he was trying to chase down a vehicle which had smuggled cows.

The incident was reported from Hodal-Nuh Highway and additional security has been deployed in the area to stop any untoward incident.

In June, two people were allegedly thrashed by a mob in Haryana's Gurgaon district over the suspicion of smuggling cattle. Similarly, in May two men were tied to a tree in a village in Madhya Pradesh and were beaten for allegedly carrying beef in an autorickshaw.

Meanwhile, in Rajasthan’s Alwar a suspected cow smuggler was thrashed after he fired shots on being confronted by a group of villagers. Two villagers were injured and were admitted in a local hospital along with the alleged cow smuggler.

The incident was reported from Pahari village which comes under Kathumar police station.

Salim Khan and his close aides were caught moving 20 to 25 cows through farmlands when they were confronted by a group of villagers. This led to the trio abusing the villagers after which one of the accused fired in the air to scare the villagers.

Reports of cow smuggling have been coming in from all quarters and recently a BSF jawan lost his hand and was grievously injured after Bangladeshi cattle smugglers attacked him by hurling bombs. The attack took place in the wee hours along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal.

The inured BSF official was identified as Constable Anisur Rehman and he suffered pellet injuries to his lungs, liver and stomach.

After the attack, the Border Security Force (BSF) lodged a strong protest with their Bangladeshi counterpart the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) to control the criminals on their side.