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Dear liberals, BJP is treating Triple Talaq verdict as their victory because you are treating it as your defeat

Abhishek Banerjee
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Dear liberals, BJP is treating Triple Talaq verdict as their victory because you are treating it as your defeat

Suffice to say that the landmark judgement of the Supreme Court yesterday did not please everyone. Even as millions of Muslim women celebrated a huge step towards their freedom, the leading lights of India’s secular brigade went into a bout of whining, complaining, and spouting whataboutery.

One of the biggest complaints of ‘liberals’ was that the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were appropriating “credit” for the Supreme Court judgement. See an example here:

All Nidhi Razdan cares about is that BJP should not take credit

Well, to be fair, the Central Government argued in the Supreme Court against Triple Talaq and so there should be no problem with them claiming their fair share of the credit.

But let’s not get into all those details here. Let’s ask the big, broad question:

Hey liberals, why all the glum faces?

What is holding you back? Is this not a great moment for gender justice? Why not just celebrate?

Instead, the secular brigade seemed to be snapping in frustration.

Whataboutery by Yogendra Yadav

Some had to scratch their itch to make tasteless digs about the personal life of the Prime Minister, which involves child marriage:

So-called comedian tries to earn liberal brownie points by attacking personal life of Narendra Modi

Hey liberals, have you considered the possibility that the reason BJP is running away with the credit for this judgement is that you seem to be treating it as your personal defeat?

Why the confusion, backbiting and whining in liberal circles? In what is perhaps a first, we had the leftists at the propaganda blog Scroll were left wringing their hands about “politically correct issues”.

Leftist propaganda blog Scroll rues

Reading those words, it seems like the leftists are almost complaining that “political correctness” has kept them from saying what they really felt about yesterday’s judgement!

Leftists just found out that political correctness can be real frustrating. We’ve finally reached peak irony. What a day to be alive …

Why is the left behaving like a deer in headlights? Newslaundry had nothing better to do than obsessively scratching its Arnab itch.

Newslaundry reduced to being a troll website

Why is the left so “triggered”? Why is yesterday’s judgement bringing out their most obsessive-compulsive behaviors and activating their nervous defense mechanisms?

Dear leftists, please take a deep breath and try to calm down. It’s gonna be okay. This is not that childhood nightmare where you walk into class and realize that you forgot about an exam that day. This is supposed to be a good thing. You are going to be just fine.

We’re having a party and you are welcome to join. Come on in.

Instead liberals just went into their shell. Some are indulging in Hindu bashing. Some are making jokes on the Prime Minister’s child marriage. Some are scratching their Arnab itch. What to say…

The same sense of gloom seemed to prevail in Opposition ranks. While BJP President Amit Shah read out a celebratory statement, the Congress sent out a low level functionary to “welcome” the judgement in the most terse terms possible. Barely a week ago, when the Prime Minister had mentioned the plight of triple talaq victims in his Independence Day address, the Congress seemed to wince in pain. Like this:

Tweet by Manish Tiwari

We also had to wait a long time for Rahul Gandhiji, otherwise known for his emphasis on “women empowerment”, to put out his solitary tweet on this issue.

Tweet by Rahul Gandhi

This from the Congress Vice President. Of course, we do not even expect the inaccessible Congress President to actually speak on any issue. Other leaders of secular parties were mostly missing in action, of course.

Perhaps the real reason BJP is running away with the credit on the Triple Talaq issue is that Indian secularism has been so pathetic over the last seven decades. Narendra Modi does not have to do much, if anything at all, to be seen as champion of justice here.

He just doesn’t have to show rampant disregard for the courts and constitution for the sake of votebank politics.  You know, like not following in the footsteps of Bharat Ratna Prime Ministers who passed laws to take justice away from an elderly Muslim woman.

Our Indian secularism has such low standards that Narendra Modi should be a champion today simply because he isn’t going to pass a law bending the Supreme Court verdict to the will of the Mullahs.

Who is responsible for turning Indian secularism into such a joke over 70 years? You tell me, dear leftists…

And so it is today that for 85 million Muslim women of India, Narendra Modi has emerged as the brother they never had.

Bhutanese journalist slams Indian magazine for biased report helping China

Nirwa Mehta
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Bhutanese journalist slams Indian magazine for biased report helping China

On Tuesday, Tenzing Lamsang, a Bhutanese journalist who is editor-in-chief of the newspaper TheBhutanese, tweeted the cover story of an Indian magazine The Week, and termed it disrespectful (presumably towards Bhutanese people) and distasteful:


The story is on Doklam standoff by The Week comes at a time when India is in a delicate position regarding the Bhutan region strategically located located at the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction.

The cover story in the magazine, which is titled “Dangerous Liaison” goes on to talk how Bhutan seems to be drifting away from India. The story say that even ‘senior officials’ are in awe of China’s charm, thus suggesting a diplomatic shift.

So is India losing the plot in Doklam? That’s what the cover story suggests, which was trashed by the senior Bhutanese journalist.

Let us see why.

In the article, the reporter Rabi Banerjee reaches out to the Bhutan Prime Minister’s office, seeking an appointment, but he is cautioned that nothing on Doklam will be discussed. Considering the gravity of the situation, it is hardly surprising. Bhutan wants to use only official diplomatic channels to communicate.

But the article quotes an unnamed senior government official, who apparently claimed that Bhutan has refused to make any anti-China statements in India’s support because India had not withdrawn fully from Doklam despite an alleged request from Bhutan to do so.

To know more about “Bhutan’s refusal to stand with India”, the reporter decided to meet the Information Minister of Bhutan, D. N. Dhungyel. This is what happened (quoted from the article):

Since it was Saturday, an official holiday, I went to his residence. The security staff let me in after I told them that I was from India and had come to schedule an appointment with the minister.

Dhungyel was not at home. He came back half an hour later and was surprised to see me. He was incensed when I told him that I wanted to discuss India-Bhutan relations. “How dare you come to my residence and talk on this subject?” asked the minister.

When I told him that the prime minister’s office had advised me to meet him, he wanted to know whether I had sought permission from the Bhutanese embassy in Delhi. It was clear that Dhungyel was afraid of discussing Doklam. “Two big nations are fighting and we are caught in the middle. Shouldn’t we feel scared? Definitely we are. We have decided not to utter a word over the issue. You may want us to talk, but we will not do so, never,” he said.

Before I could finish the tea that his daughter had served, the minister asked me to leave. As I started walking to the gate, dodging two dogs that chased me, I could hear the minister scolding his guards for letting me in.

There are multiple things wrong with this kind of reporting. The Bhutanese government has made it very clear they are not giving any official statement on the Doklam standoff. Why is the need to reach out to the Information Minister, that too at his residence, without any official appointment?

Nonetheless, from the only thing Dhungyel is quoted to have said, it is clear that Bhutan doesn’t want to rub either India or China the wrong way. Sensible thing to do for a tiny nation literally caught between two giants. Yet, the reporter wants to use it as a “proof” of Bhutan’s “refusal” to stand with India, and as a sign of Bhutan and China developing friendship.

The reporter then reaches out to Lyonpo Jigme Zangpo, the speaker of the Bhutanese National Assembly, who the reporter claims is next only to the King in terms of stature and protocol. The speaker too chides the reporter for ‘barging in’ and reiterates that the official response was to not issue any statement.

So two named officials declined to say anything, while one unnamed one claims that Bhutan is not happy with China. This was claimed as senior officials being in awe of China’s charm.

To further the assertion that Bhutan and China are developing friendship, the report in The Week quotes a ‘blogger’ who accuses India of ‘interfering’ between an issue that is between China and Bhutan. The article then quotes some citizens, a Buddhist monk, Bhutanese businessmen etc. and goes on to claim that more people want to have better relations with China.

The article also quotes some citizens preferring India, but the reporter ‘feels’ that such citizens are in ‘minority’.

And this article became the cover story of the magazine, which declared that Bhutan and China were coming closer, as if it was a diplomatic development amidst the Doklam standoff, when all it was in reality was a reporter’s private diary.

Not only was it trashed by the Editor-in-chief of the Bhutanese newspaper, it drew a lot of flak on social media, where people even called it the “hit and run” journalism:


Some Bhutanese citizens also trashed the report, questioning the reportage and its conclusion about what Bhutanese people wanted:


It is indeed sad that an Indian media house would unwittingly follow a Chinese propaganda to create rifts and tension between Indian and Bhutan regarding the sensitive Doklam Standoff.

Earlier too, Indian media was called out when they projected a ‘stunning but unsubstantiated claim’ of Bhutan accepting Doklam as Chinese territory, made by a Chinese official to appear like a Bhutanese official had said it. Later Bhutan had denied issuing any such statement to any Chinese official.

It should be noted that the Chinese state media had openly called for attempts to seed discontent between India and Bhutan. And you have an Indian magazine doing exactly that!

Sadly, one can say that it is not really so shocking a behaviour from the Indian media, since in the past it has followed the “Pakistani doctrine” on how media should be used to further Pakistani agenda.

Rajasthan govt recommends CBI probe into Robert Vadra’s controversial land deals

Hemant Bijapurkar
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Rajasthan govt recommends CBI probe into Robert Vadra’s controversial land deals

Robert Vadra, the famous son-in-law of Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi has been under the cloud of controversy ever since his shady land deals in Haryana and Rajasthan came under the public scanner, thanks to exposes by people like Ashok Khemka.

When the BJP government came into power in both Rajasthan and the centre in 2014, many speculated that probes would be initiated into the matter and Vadra would be punished if he was found guilty of any wrongdoings. Action against Vadra was incidentally one of the top demands of BJP supporters.

Things started off with promise, with the Vasundara Raje government ordering a probe after coming to power. Also in 2015 the Service Tax officials raided the premises of Siwal Infra Limited, a local company in Bikaner which had been project contractor for Vadra. A tax inspector also scanned the land transitions done by Skylight Hospitality Private Limited and Skylight Reality Private Limited which were also under the scanner.

These raids led to the speculation that it was only a matter of time before Vadra was nailed by the authorities. But interestingly, to much ire of the BJP supporters, things went very cold on the Vadra front and reports also surfaced speculating as to whether the BJP was being gentle with him.

Now it seems there has been a reboot of sorts, with the Rajasthan government on Tuesday recommending a CBI probe into controversial land deals which were allegedly executed by a company owned by Vadra. The Rajasthan Police has lodged 18 FIRs in the matter which have been sent to the Centre’s Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) for issuing the notification of the CBI probe, provided it is accepted.

Skylight the company in question had allegedly purchased the land in the Kolayat Teshil. The state government has already cancelled the transfer of 374.44 hectares of land in Bikaner district after it was found that land allotments were made in the name of fake persons. The Tehsildar of Kolayat has alleged in his complaint that government land in 34 villages in Bikaner which was meant to expand army’s firing range was grabbed by the land mafia through forged and fabricated documents. The mafia was allegedly helped in this matter by the government officials. The ED has also pursued the matter and conducted raids after registering a case of money laundering.

Robert Vadra has incidentally responded to the action via a Facebook post. In the post, Vadra has claimed that he is being hounded, persecuted and harassed. He reiterates that come what may, the truth will prevail in the end.

It remains to be seen if the request for the CBI probe is indeed accepted and whether the case is taken to its logical conclusion.

Pakistan rattled as Trump requests India’s help in Afghanistan

Hemant Bijapurkar
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Pakistan rattled as Trump requests India’s help in Afghanistan

On Monday, US President Donald Trump had laid out his new strategy regarding Afghanistan and had urged India to contribute more in the region while acknowledging its important contribution in stabilising Afghanistan. Trump while calling India a key security and economic partner said that:

We appreciate India’s important contributions to stability in Afghanistan, but India makes billions of dollars in trade with the United States, and we want them to help us more with Afghanistan, especially in the area of economic assistance and development

In the same speech, Trump looked like taking Pakistan to task by stating that while America had been giving Pakistan ‘billions and billions of dollars’, it was returning the favour by housing the very terrorists the US was fighting. A day after Trump’s speech, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Pakistan that its support for the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network would have consequences.

Now it seems that Pakistan is rattled by Trump’s request for India’s help in Afghanistan and its officials have warned that this approach would risk jolting their already shaky relationship. As part of their defence, the Pakistan officials have incredulously alleged that Indian influence was the prime reason for the instability and insecurity in Afghanistan. They further alleged that a hostile political regime in Kabul, supported by India was funding militants who in-turn launched attacks in Pakistan.

An opposition Senator in Pakistan claimed that the speech would isolate Washington’s friends in Islamabad. Some foreign policy analysts in Pakistan made lofted allegations that the speech of Trump had confirmed the worst fears of Pakistan’s Generals, that America was in cahoots with India against Pakistan. Pakistan though decided not to provide any official response to Trump’s speech but its foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif is scheduled to leave for the US in the near future for talks with the American officials.

This isn’t the only time the US administration has signalled its intent to try and steer off Pakistan from the wrong track. In May Donald Trump has proposed to convert the US grant to Pakistan, for the purchase of military hardware, into a loan. Pakistan was somewhat singled out in this regard as the aid was to continue normally for countries like Egypt and Israel. Also in July the US house of Representatives brought in amendments to make sure that Pakistan would received their defence aid only if it showed sufficient progress in fighting terrorism.

Gorakhpur Tragedy: FIR to be filed against half a dozen people

OpIndia Staff
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Gorakhpur Tragedy: FIR to be filed against half a dozen people

Earlier this month, over 60 children had died due to disruption in oxygen supply over alleged nonpayment of dues in Gorakhpur’s BRD Hospital. Soon, one Dr. Kafeel Khan was hailed as a hero for his quick thinking to save lives of children. However, there was more to it than what met the eyes in Dr. Khan’s story. Even as investigation progressed, it left us with more questions than answers.

The high power committee that was set up to probe the tragedy has submitted the report to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The UP CM on Tuesday removed additional chief secretary (Medical Education) Anita Bhatnagar Jain and ordered that FIR be lodged against over half a dozen persons, including former hospital principal Rajeev Mishra, who has been suspended. The charges in FIR to include negligence and culpable homicide (not amounting to murder).

The report says that the children died due to disruption in oxygen supply while the state government has maintained that the reason for death was not lack of oxygen supply but different illnesses including Japanese Encephalitis (JE).

A case of bribery is also filed against Pushpa Sales Agency, the agency which supplied oxygen to the hospital, former principal, Dr. Rajeev Misra and his wife Purnima Shukla. A case is also registered against Dr. Kafeel Khan for running a private practice alongside his duties at the government hospital.

Islamic clerics oppose the Triple Talaq verdict because it interferes in Shariat law

OpIndia Staff
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Islamic clerics oppose the Triple Talaq verdict because it interferes in Shariat law

Today in a monumental judgement, the Supreme Court struck down the practice of instant Triple Talaq. The reasoning given behind the court order was that the triple talaq was against the basic tenets of Quran and thus violated Sharia. The verdict further stated that it also wasn’t an integral part of the religion. So going by that logic, the Islamic clerics should not have had an issue with the verdict as it didn’t bring in points like fundamental rights but merely implemented what the Quran stated.

But even after this, some of the clerics became unhappy with the verdict because it supposedly interfered with the Shariat law. Here are a few instances:

  • Moradabad’s district Imam Maulana Raees has stated that if the central government frames a law regarding Triple Talaq, they (Imams) won’t accept it. This is because in their religion the laws made by Allah are in practice, which cannot be changed by anyone. He also claimed that triple talaq was Allah’s law. He also made a very controversial statement that, normally talaqs only happen when a woman is in the wrong. He also stated that women who get triple talaq are not the victims but are the ones responsible for it.
  • Maulana Syed Arshad Madani, the current president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind claimed that they would move to the courts against this ‘anti-shariat verdict’ by the Supreme Court. He also looked like not honouring the verdict by claiming that if a verdict comes against Quran and Hadis, he would still follow the religious texts.
  • Maulana Kasim of the Muslim education institute Darul Uloom Deoband UP has claimed that the issue of triple talaq was related to the Quran and Shariat. He also warned that no interference would be tolerated in them. He also asked the Supreme Court and the government to not interfere in the matter.
  • The Qazi of Meerut Sajiddin Siddiqui made another big statement that there shouldn’t be any law not related to Quran and Hadis. He referred to the Supreme Court’s instruction to the central government for making a law regarding the matter and stated that all the Ulamas in the country should ensure that the Central government doesn’t make any such law which ran afoul of their religious scriptures.
  • Ala Hazrat of Bareilly too wasn’t pleased with the verdict. He also stated that the verdict which interfered in shariat couldn’t be tolerated. He is now supposedly pondering on the Supreme Court verdict and his Dargah’s position on the verdict would be made clear after a meeting.

Even though the above clerics opposed the verdict possibly before understanding it fully, there were some who openly supported it.

Shia cleric, Maulana Yasoob Abbas stated that the Shia Law Board has been fighting against the practice since 2007 and welcome this. He also called it a great first step in order to signal that many other reforms are still remaining. Various other Muslim clerics also welcomed this verdict. A certain Moulana Ahmed Barkati praised it by calling it unique and unparalleled.

Shayara Bano: The woman whose fight against Instant Triple Talaq led to its abolition

Hemant Bijapurkar
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Shayara Bano: The woman whose fight against Instant Triple Talaq led to its abolition

Today the Supreme Court in a landmark judgement outlawed the practice of talaq-e-biddat or Instant Triple Talaq. This practice had till its abolition divided opinion by pitting various women organisations, the Modi government on one side and the All India Muslim Personal Law board on the other.

The division of opinion about this draconian practice was so severe that even the Supreme Court delivered a 3:2 split verdict with the CJI Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice Abdul Nazeer opposing its abolition by calling it an age old practice and an integral part of the Muslim religion.

Now that it has finally been done away with, lets look at one of the key persons whose efforts were instrumental in the abolition of this practice.

36 year old Shayara Bano was divorced by her husband Rizwan Ahmed by giving triple talaq via a letter 15th October 2015 when she was visiting her parents. If this wasn’t enough, her husband who is property dealer in Allahabad even took away her two kids aged 13 and 11.

These weren’t the only tortures which were heaped on Shayara who hails from Uttarakhand’s Hempur Daya in Kashipur. According to the report, she was also tormented for dowry after her marriage in 2002. She also alleged that her in-laws also forced her to undergo 6 abortions with the alleged intention of killing her.

After hearing the news about her talaq she consulted with a local cleric for help but he deemed it completely valid. He husband then decided to inflict further pain by taking away all her jewellery and also filed a case in the Allahabad High Court claiming that his wife hadn’t returned back from her in-laws. He further rubbed salt in her wound after sending a token sum of Rs 15,000. The family refused to accept it.

A local court even sent notices to her husband who remarried in 2016, to ask him as to why he was denying her access to her children but he failed to honour the summons.

This whole affair put a lot of emotional strain on Shayara and according to her parents, she suffered a nervous breakdown and had to be treated for depression. But rather than being bogged down by it all, she and her family decided to fight against the injustice.

On 26 February, 2016 she filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the practice of triple talaq, halala and polygamy. This prompted the Modi government to file a petition against triple talaq based on her petition. Her petition wanted the court to strike down those Islamic practices on the premise that they violated the Articles 14, 15, 21 and 25 of the constitution.

Article 14 pertains to right to equality, article 15 states that there shall be no discrimination against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, article 21 deals with the protection of life, personal liberty and article 25 deals with freedom of practice and propagation of religion.

Shayara’s petition wasn’t welcomed by the Islamic lawmakers and All India Muslim Personal Board (AIMPLB), some clerics reportedly asked her to withdraw her petition. She also left her native place Kashipur and went on the move to avoid undue pressure on her.

Today after all the efforts by her and countless other activists she achieved a noted victory with the abolition of instant triple talaq. She was also quoted by the media welcoming court’s verdict:


Now it remains to be seen if she achieves a victory in totality with the abolition of Nikah Halala and Polygamy in the near future…

Supreme Court strikes down the practice of Instant Triple Talaq, but it may not be enough

Hemant Bijapurkar
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Supreme Court strikes down the practice of Instant Triple Talaq, but it may not be enough

The Supreme Court today struck down the practice of instant triple talaq by calling it arbitrary and against the tenets of Islam. This incidentally was achieved by a 3:2 split verdict with the CJI Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice Abdul Nazeer opposing its abolition by calling it an age old practice and an integral part of the Muslim religion.

This statement by the CJI (who spoke first) sent our media on a wild goose chase and it concluded that the CJI’s opinion would be final and proclaimed that the court had upheld the draconian practice:


This as revealed moments later was inaccurate and the final verdict was to be based on what the total of 5 judges in the bench thought. The 3 judges in the panel named Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman, Uday Umesh Lalit disagreed with the CJI by stating that triple talaq was against the Quran which meant that a constitutional protection of the practice was not permissible.

This supposed flipflop by the media amused many:


Even journalists decided to take potshots:


The verdict delivered by the Supreme Court was a whopping 395 page long [PDF] and it might be entirely possible that the media is still misinterpreting it due to most probably not having gone through the whole thing yet.

Some people were also not happy about the split verdict and questioned as to why the court could not provide a unilateral verdict on the issue:


A brief summary of Justice Joseph’s verdict, who was among the majority, stated that triple talaq was against the basic tenets of Quran and violated Sharia. The verdict further stated that it also wasn’t an integral part of the religion. The purpose of 1937 Muslim personal law act was to declare Shariat as the only law governing Muslims, thus as triple talaq is bad in Shariat it is also bad in law.

This modus operandi of the court to base its judgement on the religious doctrines and laws did alarm a few people but it may still not be the main issue here. Based on whatever information the media put out in the public domain, various commentators gave a lukewarm response to the verdict.

The major issue behind such a response was, that since just the practice of talaq-e-bidat (Instant triple talaq in one go) was banned, it may not result in better conditions for the Muslim women. The practice of giving proper triple talaq where a husband gives his wife talaq over a period of 3 months will still remain perfectly legal. So instead of getting instantly divorced, women would get divorced over months and may not be able to overtly challenge it.

Nonetheless, the verdict should be welcomed as a first step in the right direction.

Triple Talaq verdict: How ‘seculars’ can’t think beyond religion

Nirwa Mehta
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Triple Talaq verdict: How ‘seculars’ can’t think beyond religion

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, via a majority verdict of a 5 member bench, held the Muslim practice of instant triple talaq unconstitutional. The SC said that the triple talaq in one sitting violates the fundamental rights of Muslim women, as it irrevocably ends marriage without any chance of reconciliation.

While most people hailed the verdict as empowering, some so-called “seculars” of India were quick to drag Hinduism into this. Sagarika Ghose, who is also known for spreading communal discord on Twitter, was quick to bring Hindu inheritance law into this:


She soon got called out on her ignorance:


//platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsHowever, that didn’t really stop her from changing goal posts.

Can’t point out any fact, throws in name of some activist group when probed.

But then, Sagarika wasn’t alone.

Yogendra Yadav, a former AAP core team member who was kicked out by Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, was also not far behind.


He, too, got called out for false equivalence:


And amidst all this, can the abusive, foul mouthed troll Swati Chaturvedi also showed off her complete ignorance about Hindu inheritance law by making a claim similar to that of Sagarika Ghose:


For the record, these ‘secular’ people chose to talk about Hindu inheritance law, even though the law gives equal share to women in ancestral property, but did not touch the Muslim inheritance law where a woman is entitled to receive only half of what her male counterpart gets. This practice has next to no chance of getting changed, even by the Supreme Court, as it has got sanction from the Holy Quran itself.

And if so-called journalists and activists could make the triple talaq verdict communal by bringing in Hinduism, could politicians be far behind?

Alka Lamba, who was recently under scanner for publishing fake poll about upcoming bypolls in Bawana in Delhi, also chimed in by raising dowry problem among Hindus, without explaining that the laws already exist for the crimes she talks about. Triple talaq had no legal discourse:

Brutal acid attack on cows in Agra sparks tension in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff
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Brutal acid attack on cows in Agra sparks tension in Uttar Pradesh

As many as 15 cows and oxen were brutally attacked by acid in Karmana, 5 kms from the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh:


An FIR has been registered against unknown persons under IPC’s section 429. The villagers say these attacks have been taking place since last 4-5 days.

There are reports that the acid attacks have resulted in tension in the area, with some Hindu organisations suspecting ‘minority community’ members behind the attack.

Police suspect that the chemicals that are used to separate fat from the milk has been poured on the cattle. Some suspect that the villagers might have attacked the cows when they spotted them in the fields.

This is not the first time acid has been thrown on the cows. In May this year, acid was thrown on several cows, calves and bulls in Porbandar, Gujarat. In same month, villagers had poured acid on the cattle, mostly bulls, to shoo them away from their fields in Haryana. Similarly in June last year, in Indore, unidentified persons threw acid on a calf. In July last year, acid was thrown on calfs in Mathura, where one calf had died.

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