Jharkhand cattle traders' murder: Cow protection group member among 5 arrested


Latehar, Mar 20 (NDTV): Jharkhand police today said that one of the five people arrested for the killing of two cattle traders, in which bodies of both were found hanging from a tree in Latehar district, was a member of a village level cow protection committee.

Police said Mithilesh Prasad Sahu, arrested on Friday night, was a member of the committee at the same village where the incident took place.

"The accused have said their motive was robbery. They have denied that they were instigated but we are investigating all angles. I am not denying that one of the accused, Mithilesh Prasad Sahu, was a member of a cow protection committee," Latehar police chief Anoop Birtharay said.

Earlier in the day, the police had said that robbery was the motive for the killings. "These people are criminals. They have previously snatched animals from traders and threatened them. Police is investigating all angles, including if they belonged to any cow protection organisation. We will make this clear in the days to come," Birtharay said in a press conference earlier in the day

Relatives of the two cattle traders say they were targeted for being cattle traders. They allege that a former cattle trader from another village and his associates had been threatening them for over a year, asking them to quit the trade.

At Latehar's Nawada village, Mohammed Nizamuddin, also a cattle trader, says he was to accompany the two victims of the alleged crime to a cattle fair in the adjoining Chatra distrct. "On Friday morning, they were taking eight oxen to the fair. I had told them I would meet them on the way. At about 5:30 am, I arrived at the spot where I was to meet them. I was on a motorbike. Suddenly I heard someone shouting asking some other people to attack me. I recognized one person called Binod Prajapati who I have named in my complaint to the police. I somehow escaped. I later came to know that the two others had been killed and hung from a tree," Nizamuddin alleged.

Prajapati, who also belongs to Jhabar, has not been arrested though.

The police say they have no evidence against Prajapati. "In our preliminary investigations, we have found no link between him and the crime," said Birthare. "I was not even in the area at the time of the incident. I used to be a cattle trader but I gave up the trade three years ago. I do odd jobs and am also a farmer. I knew these three men but had no rivalry with them," he said. "I don't belong to any right-wing organisation. You can verify this independently. But if you have decided to hang me what can I say," Prajapati pleaded.

  

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Mon, Mar 21 2016

    In olden days animals are sacrificed as an offering to the God's.
    In Modi's India Humans are sacrificed to protect cow sanctity.
    As elections approaching for five states 'Cow' issue is again getting hot.

    In one side they chant 'Bharat mata ki jai' and other side they murder children of his son.

    Is this called 'nationalism'?What happened to PM Modi's 10 years of moratorium from communal violence?Does our PM is so weak that he can't address the nation to stop the crimes against humanity?
    Jai Hind

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  • manoj, vamanjoor

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    i do not see any difference to these people to terrorists, both kill for no reason.

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  • Desi Jawan, Mangaluru

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Politics of cattle neither respect cattle neither human beings it is just a tool for some vicious people to reinforce the fault lines which are already present in the society and make political gain out of it.

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    (1) Dadri (2) Mutton eating students in Haryana rounded up accusing to be eating Beef (3) Cattle traders murdered and later hung to dipict it as suicide

    Welldone ! Achche Din ! Sab ka saath, sab ka vikaas. Keep going !

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  • MASTHAN , DUB

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    THIS IS TOLERANT ACCORDING TO ANUPAM KHER

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  • JJ,

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    What is the difference between ISIS and these jobless?

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  • stan, dubai

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    ISIS don't have any Government support but this group got full support from ruling government.

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  • Acchu, M,lore

    Mon, Mar 21 2016

    ISIS international.
    This is national.
    Activities same.no difference.

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  • Gangaram, Moodbidri

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    That group has to rename now as "HUMAN KILLERS GANG"

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  • A.M Shaikh, Dubai, Belapu, Kaup

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Where is ANUPAM KHEER

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  • Alphonso Rodrigues, Udupi

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    What has happened is really sad. Why is nobody questioning the State Govt? It is the state's responsibility to look after its citizens well being and manage the law and order. You cannot blame the center each and everything.

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  • Ravi C, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Yes yes. Blame congress! lol

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  • Ravi C, mangalore

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Some groups protect cow and some other groups protect cow govt. Who will protect people?

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  • Ilyas, Qatar

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Government ko beef export ban karke India me beef ban karna chaiye

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    COWards ...

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  • zeitgeist, mangalore

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    ....and some people say that there is no intolerance in India.

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  • Latif Mapal, Jeddah

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Simply think within 2 years how many accidents have happen only regard for Cow issue. Central government supporting behind otherwise never happen .Everyone knows Cow has before but one kind respect even some sami was eat cow meat. RSS BD making intolerance violence dividing humans and INDIA.

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  • Santosh,K, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Those Who made cow protection group, They protecting cows not humans. And living in cow sheds !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • RONALD, UDUPI

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Are they better than ISIS?

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  • Ravi C, mangalore

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Does anyone have the list of 'Protection Groups' in our country? Just for the safety.. Lol

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  • Clifford Vas, Falnir

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    God should not have created brought cows in this world. Alternatively there so many other milk giving animals for sustaining life. (Milk & meat)
    No controversy over Beef and killing those who butcher cows.

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  • Ravi C, mangalore

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    No wonder if this case will be closed as a suicide.

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  • Ayes P., kudla/KSA

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Shame.

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  • Rajesh D, Manglore, Dubai

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Frankly speaking who really work in India and take care of their family, they do not have time to be a member of these kind of associations who beat people / put false case / threaten them. These kind of people (including Mangalore) make their livelihood by doing such things.
    These uneducated goons are protected by their god fathers. Anyone of them is put behind the bar then Influential people along with other remembers hold dharna / strike, block the roads and bring them out of the jail. Hence, such things are happening all over India on daily basis. People who support them personally and through Media do not understand the depth of it.

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  • aap, mangalore

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    these people can kill human god , only protect cow god ,no logic

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  • MW, DUBAI

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    ok we agree, you people are cow lovers and protectors...but why cow's are homeless and eat garbage and kachra...when u people exist in the world...

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Humans are Killed.
    Cows are Protected.

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  • Vantage Point, mangalore

    Sun, Mar 20 2016

    Shame on these thugs...

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