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2017 Alwar Lynching
The 2017 Alwar mob lynching was the attack and murder of Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer from Nuh district of Haryana, allegedly by a group of 200 Cow vigilante violence in India, cow vigilantes affiliated with right-wing Hindutva groups in Behror in Alwar district, Alwar, Rajasthan, India on 1 April, 2017. Six others who were with Pehlu Khan were also beaten by the cow vigilantes. Background Cattle, Cows are considered sacred in Hinduism and several Indian states ban their slaughter including Haryana, the home state of the victim, and Rajasthan, where the lynching took place. There have been instances of cattle theft in India and several Cow vigilante violence in India, Hindu vigilante groups have arisen, especially during the Premiership of Narendra Modi, administration of the Hindu nationalism, Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, in the name of protecting cattle from theft. These vigilante groups have extra-judicially targeted people suspected of cattle smuggling, though mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behror
Behror () is a city in the Alwar district of Rajasthan. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Behror Tehsil. Situated 120 km south-west of national capital, New Delhi, and part of the National Capital Region, it also comes under National Capital Region Planning Board, a federal authority for urban planning purposes in the region. It is clubbed under Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror Complex in the National Capital Region, which includes 137 revenue villages. In this cluster, Behror municipality is the largest urban conglomeration. This region is also known as 'Ahirwal region' and serves as an industrial hub for the state of Rajasthan. Behror municipality, spread out in an area of 15 km2, is divided into four revenue villages, namely Behror tarf Gangabishan, Behror tarf Doongrasi, Behror tarf Nainsukh, and Behror tarf Balram. Economy Behror has an economy that supports more than 225,000 jobs and features industrial areas like Keshwana Industrial Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
