Mob ‘attacks’ B’luru techie for flagging illegal cow slaughter
BENGALURU : A Bengaluru-based software engineer and animal rights activist said on Monday she was allegedly attacked by a mob after she lodged a police complaint against illegal cow slaughter at a locality in Karnataka’s capital.
Nandini M told HT her right shoulder was fractured after the assault in Avalahalli, a rundown locality in the country’s technology hub, on Saturday. The mob also damaged her car by throwing stones. Police, however, blamed Nandini for the incident, saying the stone-pelting was the cause of her car hitting a roadside kiosk.
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said, “Nobody can take law into their hands, will take action according to law.”
Nandini said she and one of her friends alerted the police after noticing about 14 cows being transported, which she described as “suspicious”.
Slaughter of milch cows and calves are banned in Karnataka.
Nadini said when she did not get any response from police, she and her friend returned to the police station to enquire.
“We were told that 15 police officials had gone to the spot and were rescuing the animals. But fearing that the police might have missed the location we took two constables and went to the spot,” she said.
When they reached the locality, Nandini said, they saw a crowd and hence assumed that police were at the spot. “When we entered the narrow lane leading to the room (where the cattle were allegedly taken) we were shocked to find police were not there. That is when we felt something hit the car,” she said.
She said a large mob had surrounded their car and stones were being thrown at them from a nearby construction site.