Cow vigilantes

Vigilantes belonged to higher caste and had come from Kasor village to beat up man and his mother

Salim shah says he kept trying to convince attackers that the meat was mutton and not beef, but they wouldn’t listen

Rallies taken out across Maharashtra state in India

India's meat and leather industries are worth more than $16 billion in annual sales

28 Indians, most of them Muslims, have been killed since 2010

Ambush in Rajasthan was just the latest by self-proclaimed cow protection squads

Traders are bracing for further pain

Police said a Hindu mob raided a dairy farm and attacked five Dalits skinning a buffalo

Rabbani Hotel was attacked by cow vigilantes in March

The family, which included a nine-year-old girl, were attacked with iron rods and sticks