MP mob attacks muslim women over beef rumour in 2017's 26th Attack

Two Muslim women were slapped, kicked and abused for nearly half an hour by a mob of cow vigilantes, as police stand by. "Gau mata ki jai!" the attackers screamed, as onlookers - one of whom filmed a video - watch but do not intervene.

After the attack, reported by NDTV on 27 July 2017, the two women were arrested on suspicion of carrying beef, which is banned. The police later said it was buffalo meat which is not banned. The women were charged for trading meat without a permit. No action was taken against the attackers, the report said.

The attack on the two women in the town of Mandsaur in western Madhya Pradesh was the 26th in 118 days since 55-year-old Pehlu Khan died after a mob attack on 1 April 2017, bringing the count to 26 cases of cow-related violence in seven



months this year, the most in eight years, according to an IndiaSpend database that records such violence in India.

We have now recorded as many as 70 cases of cow-related violence over eight years.

98% of Cow-Related Incidents Reported After Modi Government in 2014

Created through a collection and content analysis of reports in the English media - which tend to have the greatest spread of national news - the database shows that 97% (68 of 70) of such incidents were reported after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government came to power in May 2014. More than half or 54% of the cow-related violence - 38 of 70 cases - were from states governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), when the attacks were reported, revealed our analysis of violence recorded until 27 July 2017.