Police open fire at man accused of cow slaughter, victim sustains bullet wound

A man accused of cow slaughter was injured in a police encounter in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. The man sustained a gunshot wound to one of his legs. 

The incident is the latest in an ongoing trend of violent attacks against predominantly Muslim cattle traders by law enforcement. Earlier this year, multiple such injuries occurred on a near-weekly basis due to police firings. 

Hindu militants humiliate man over alleged beef transport in Odisha

In Odisha’s Ganjam, Hindu militants from the Bajrang Dal publicly paraded a man amid chants of the Hindu supremacist warcry Jai Sri Ram, alleging that he smuggled beef. They later handed the man over to the police.

Hindu militant mobs regularly attack Muslims over baseless accusations of committing crimes. These mobs, also known as cow vigilantes, assault and often lynch Muslims accused of transporting cattle or consuming beef. 

Federal government urges shutdown of madrasa in historic mosque in Karnataka 

The federal government has urged the Karnataka High Court to instruct the civic administration and the state government to shut down a madrasa operating within the historic Jama Masjid in Srirangapatna, a site designated as a protected monument. 

The Waqf Board, opposing this move, asserted that the mosque is its property and defended the madrasa’s operations as lawful.