The drive by the Jammu Development Authority – which has often faced accusations of selective eviction drives – has sparked protests in the Union Territory’s winter capital, Jammu on Wednesday.
J&K: 24-year-old man lynched by Cow vigilantes in Rajouri Cow vigilantes have been striking at will in the Jammu region and are mostly targeting members of the minority nomadic Gujjar and Bakarwal communities
The 24-year-old sole breadwinner of a family headed by a paralytic was allegedly lynched by suspected cow vigilantes in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday night.
Cow vigilantes have been striking at will in the Jammu region and are mostly targeting members of the minority nomadic Gujjar and Bakarwal communities who rear cattle, goats and sheep. It was the first death in the attacks by cow vigilantes in Jammu this year.