A day after a video surfaced where a man was being brutally beaten up by a group of cow vigilantes, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Monday said that he has ordered an inquiry in the matter and will ensure justice is done in the case.
The Home Minister of the state further said that the guilty once caught, will be severally punished for their unwarranted deed. “This is a serious incident. The moment I got to know about the incident I ordered an investigation in the matter. And once the investigation report comes, we will prosecute the guilty and se that justice is done,” Singh said.
Cow vigilantes in Ujjain city of the state brutally thrashed a man on the suspicion of him hurting a cow a video of that was surfaced on Sunday in the social media.
The incident took place on Saturday when a group of men claiming to be ' gau rakshaks' cornered a man and started beating him ruthlessly, accusing him of beating a cow.
The victim who sustained severe injuries after the incident was rushed to the nearby hospital.
The police took action after a video of the same incident went viral and registered a case against the miscreants. Four people have been arrested while the others are on the run.
Notably, on an earlier occasion in July last year two women were slapped, kicked and abused by a mob led by cow vigilantes at Mandsaur railway station in presence of police. Cow vigilantism has snatched up headlines and political attention since last some time.