Police have arrested 10 people for allegedly killing a cow vigilante after he was crushed to death by a tempo illegally transporting cattle in Gujarat's Valsad district, officials said.
The proposal to amend the MP Cow Progeny Slaughter Prevention Act, 2004, was cleared at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday, a source said.
Singh, who has been booked several times by police for his controversial statements and speeches, said, "For cow protection...we will kill or we will die. Our aim is to see that cows are not slaughtered."
The Imam racked up the issue of mob violence by Gau Rakshaks or cow vigilantes and claimed that PM Modi's stern warning to such 'anti-social' elements has failed to rein them in.
The team has been asked to probe why if the policemen reached the site at 1 am, the victim was taken to the hospital only at 4 am, said a police official.
Khan and his friend Aslam had reportedly purchased the cows from Ladpura village and were taking them to their village in Haryana through a forested area near Lalawandi in Alwar district when the accused attacked them.
Putting the onus on the states to check such incidents, the apex court said the states must check such incidents and ensure no one can takes law into his hands.
The apex court, while hearing pleas seeking directions to formulate guidelines to curb cow vigilantism violence, observed that the instances of vigilantism was actually mob violence, which is a crime.
Police have arrested two self-declared 'gau rakshaks' for allegedly killing 42-year-old Ummar Khan who was found dead near railways tracks in the Ramgarh area of Alwar district.
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