Shocking cellphone vedio cow vigilantes beating man alleging chopped off tail of cow in India

The vedio clip widely circulated on social media shows the young man trying to shield his head.

20-year-old Apuda Malviya injured now he currently in a local hospital steered clear of the cow controversy.

The police claim the assailants were not cow vigilantes and the young man got beaten up over a personal dispute.

The police have arrested three men for the incident that took place on May 13 ND TV reported.

The young man got beaten up over a personal dispute, one of the arrested men tell a different story.

A man told to news journalists that they had joined in beating the young man after hearing that he had chopped off the tail of a cow.

“A cow is like a mother to us, so we also started beating him.

Now the police have registered a case against us he said alleging that the man targeted was in the “business” of selling cows.

From his hospital bed, 20-year-old Apuda Malviya, steered clear of the cow controversy.

He said the men had taken him to a room and repeatedly beaten him.

A senior officer of the local police OP Mishra said the men had a dispute with the victim over money and hence the thrashing.

The accused accused of voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation, Mr Mishra said.

last year two women had kicked punched and slapped as the police watched at a railway station.

Shocking cellphone vedio cow vigilantes beating man alleging chopped off tail of cow in India.

Screaming “Gau Mata Ki Jai (Hail holy cow)” the mob slapped and punched the women, till one of them collapsed.

The police said they were at the railway station to arrest the women, who were allegedly travelling with a large quantity of beef.

The matter had caused ripples in parliament, with opposition leaders including Mayawati, accusing the government of being “anti-women”.