Team Clarion
NEW DELHI — Some videos have surfaced on social media showing Muslim cattle traders being assaulted and abused by mobs of cow vigilantes in Delhi and Himachal Pradesh.
Hindutva Watch, a Twitter handle which tracks hate crimes and speeches against minorities, shared these videos on social media on Thursday.
Sharing the video of the incident in Delhi, the handle said: “Last night, a Delhi cow vigilante unit stormed a slaughterhouse and brutally thrashed two Muslim men over allegations of cattle slaughter”.
The blurred video shows two tied men lying on the ground and whining in pain. The attacker with a stick in his hand shouts: “See this man slaughters cows. He is circumcised (katua – a slur used by Hindu extremists for Muslims)”. The video shows a mob surrounding the basement of the building where the victims are being assaulted. The Hindutva fanatics are also shown making a video of the assault on the victims.
The video does not make it clear which part of Delhi the incident occurred. Despite best efforts, Clarion India failed to get more details.
The Hindutva Watch Twitter handle also posted a video of cow vigilantes attacking a poor Muslim man in Himachal Pradesh’s Shahpur. The video shows a man attacking the cattle trader claiming that the latter brings stray cattle together and sells them. The man is seen abusing and slapping the trader.
“Hindu far-right members assaulted a Muslim cattle trader,” wrote the handle.
“He is a Muslim,” said the attacker while hounding the victim. He also snatched the mobile phone set of the trader. The attacker made some allegations against the trader and asked the video-maker to bring the camera near to him.
The trader clarified that he does not bring cows but oxen. But the attacker asked him about the permission granted to him for the cattle trade. The video showed the trader being slapped several times.
“I will take him to the police station where he will be forced to say everything. I will now take him to the police station,” said the attacker catching the cattle trader by his collar.
