On June 19, 32-year-old Shekhar Rapeli was killed in an attack after he and his friends intercepted a vehicle and tried to check the same on suspicion that it was smuggling cattle. When they tried to stop the vehicle, around 15 men from the vehicle allegedly attacked them.
A 'go-rakshak' (cow vigilante) was killed in an attack in Nanded after he and his friends sought to intercept a vehicle on suspicion of smuggling cattle