COW VIGILANTISM

Dec. 5, 2018

Recently, a police officer and a youth were killed in cow vigilantism-related violence in Uttar Pradesh. In this background, the data journalism website IndiaSpend has released a brief report on such incidents.

Key Findings:

The data journalism website IndiaSpend has tabulated 99 such incidents and 39 deaths based on verified news reports since 2012.
Timeline: April 2017 saw the highest number of cow vigilante incidents in a month (8) since 2012. The Number of incidents spiked again in August 2018.
Regional breakup: Reports of cow vigilantism came from 19 states, with Uttar Pradesh registering the highest number of such incidents as well as deaths due to violence.
Targets of Violence: 54% of the victims of violence were Muslims, 10% were Dalit and 9% were Caste Hindus.

Source : The Hindu