Bhopal, Dec 27: A 70-year-old farmer from Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region died after he was made to stand on one leg as a punishment for a calf's death on his watch.
The victim identified as Har Singh Lodhi was asked to atone for his sins after a calf was found dead in his farm with a bottle of rat poison beside it, sources said.
The panchayat in Bada Malhera of Chhattarpur district also asked him to pay a fine of Rs 500.
According to his son Dariyab, Har Singh was ready to go through the purification rituals and had also paid Rs 500.
"My father was himself keen to undertake the punishment as he had been feeling low since the calf died. After three hours of suffering and constantly changing legs, he fainted. He was taken to hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival," he told a news reporter.
Cow-vigilantism is a practice that is carried out by several saffron outfits affiliated to Bharatiya Janata Party in different parts of India.
In last couple of years cow-vigilantes have murdered several people in the country in the name of cow protection.
Welcoming the move Dr Arathi Krishna told coastaldigst.com that Indians stranded in any foreign country can utilize this facility. "Initially, I was approached by Mr Zakaria and Mr Sheik who wanted chartered flights to help their employees fly back to India. I asked them to write to the Indian Ambassador in Saudi Araia Mr Ausaf Sayeed. Then I requested the ambassador to forward the request to Joint Secretary Dr Nagendra Prasad, who is in charge of gulf division in the Ministry of External Affairs, and then to Secretary on charge of Gulf and then I requested Secretary of Economic Relations Mr T S Tirumurti who was also in charge of Gulf to follow this up," she said.
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We need clarification from our PM on this issue. Cow is more important than human being. Are we going back to old age? this is too much. Where are the sympathizers of Hindus?
Wow ..another martyred for cow . o manganakule ......mangana janakuleg mangana buddiye ippunu ....ancha yochanela managanawe
cow vigilantes are brothers of umesh from dharmastala mangalore who attempted rape with 4 year girl.. so what we can expect from these goons...
Blind Belief and Blind faith, have been destroying the society.
Thousands of people are killed in the name of blind practice.
If your theory, logic, concerns are true, then go to any foreign
You will save there millions of cows daily.
Their main food is beef.
All not equal all these cows.
Any difference between these cows and your cows.
Because nobody will agree with you, regarding your belief on cow.
If you don't want to eat beef, don't eat, don't force others to follow your belief.
We don't know when will you change your thinking in this scientific age.
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