Alwar: Mob snatches 51 cows from Muslim family, donates them to gaushala

As many as 51 cows were snatched from a Muslim family and donated to a cow shed (gau shala) in Rajasthan's Alwar, a day after five men were beaten in Haryana's Faridabad town on suspicion of smuggling beef.

The incident happened in the Kishangarh Baas area on October 3. Villagers have been trying to help the family reclaim their cattle.

Subba Mev and his son Nasru Khan allege that their cows were forcibly taken away by a mob of Hindu extremists who were accompanied by police, and that they were given to the Bambora cow shelter.

Mev said, "We rear cows... are in business of milk production. They had come along with police, and took away our cows."

Sher Mohammad, the conservator of the district Meo Panchayat, said, "It is fast becoming difficult for Muslim families to rear cows".

The family also blamed the accused right-wing mob of trying to portray them as cow smugglers to legitimise their browbeating.