Cow vigilantes

Extremists killed Afan Ansari, 32, on suspicion of smuggling beef in Maharashtra’s Nashik district

Another man thrashed in attack under treatment; Police claim arrest of some suspects

After thrashing suspects to death, angry mob set their van on fire

55-year-old man beaten to death in the Indian state of Bihar's Araria district

Police tweets out an apology and denies supporting the lynching as depicted in the picture

Victim attacked in Madhya Pradesh and died at the scene, authorities say

Modi has called for more to be done to prevent such attacks

Body was thrown on a railway track to depict the event as an accident

Hindu nationalists beat Muslim farmers, seize cows - give stolen cows to Hindu farmers

India is reeling from a spate of horrific lynchings by Hindu extremists mostly targeting Muslim minority

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

Anti-meat drive cooked up to steer India away from secular grounding will have profound consequences for entire region

The men were transporting buffaloes in their truck to a slaughterhouse

Close aide to Modi said it was Adityanath's job to maintain law and order in the state

Ramu threw himself in front a train in Itiyahthok area of Gonda in India

Pehlu Khan, 55, died in hospital, two days after a mob attacked his cattle truck on a highway in Rajasthan

Indian business giant chief terms intolerance in India a 'curse'