Muzaffarnagar: Mob attacks house over alleged cow slaughter

In yet another incident of cow vigilantism, a mob attacked a house in Kandhla village in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, after police arrested four members of the family on the charges of alleged cow slaughter. 

The trouble started when irate locals last evening gathered outside Zishan Qureshi’s house accusing him and his family members of cow slaughter, they said.

The mob damaged Qureshi’s house and tried to set it on fire but police reached the spot and brought the situation under control, police said.

When the mob gathered outside the house, Qureshi along with his wife Shenaz and two others Saddam and Mota escaped from the spot, they said.

A case has been lodged against the family members for alleged cow slaughter, police said. Heavy police force has been deployed in the village as tension prevailed there, they added.