Failing to Hold Violent ‘Cow Protectors’ to Account in India

Expand Irshad Khan holds a picture of his father, Pehlu Khan. Irshad, his brother, his father, and two others were attacked by members of a cow protection group while transporting cattle from Rajasthan to Haryana in 2017. Pehlu Khan was killed in the attack. © 2017 Cathal McNaughton/Reuters Over two years after a mob killed a Muslim dairy farmer, no one has been held accountable for his death. Authorities in India are failing to properly investigate people responsible for a violent campaign against those engaged in the cattle trade or who consume beef. On August 14, a court in Rajasthan acquitted…

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