The vice-president of the BJP's Rajasthan unit has said cow smugglers were like "terrorists" and asked the newly-elected Congress government to protest against cow smuggling and slaughter.
"I will call those people terrorists who indulge in cow smuggling and slaughter but do not desist from their actions. It's strange that none of the Congress leaders protest against the menace. Now, they are in power and they should work to stop such crimes," Gyan Dev Ahuja told reporters in Alwar on Tuesday.
His comments come three days after a 23-year-old youth, Sagir Khan, was beaten up by a mob in Alwar district on Sunday for allegedly transporting cattle illegally.
Ahuja, a former Ramgarh constituency MLA from Alwar, claimed that there was no mob lynching in the district as such. "It is not a planned murder or beating like murder and rape. It's people's anger which burst when police fails to take cognisance."
Ahuja claimed that the accused booked in the Pehlu Khan mob-lynching cas were "innocent". An inquiry revealed that they were not present at the spot and were later revealed on bail, he said. "However, I am not in favour manhandling and murder."
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