NEW DELHI: Two Muslim women were reportedly beaten up by members of cow vigilante groups at Mandsaur railway station in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday over suspicion that they were carrying beef.
The women were reportedly caught carrying 30 kg of meat after which police was informed, The Indian Express reported.
However, initial reports by a veterinary doctor suggest that the meat was that of a buffalo. Police had taken to both women into custody over smuggling and try to sell the meet.
Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati also responded to this incident and said: “BJP raises slogans ‘Mahilao ke Samman me, BJP maidan me, yet in BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh women are thrashed on beef rumours.”
The incident has happened just a couple of weeks after a video of Dalit youths being thrashed for skinning a cow went viral on the internet leading to protests in Gujarat and other parts of the country.
