Indian cop killed by angry mob protesting cow slaughter

Published on 10-Dec-2018

Khushboo Razdan

A frightening silence prevails in Chingrawati village, just 2 kilometers from Bulandshar district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), two days after a local police officer was stoned, chased and shot dead by an angry mob protesting alleged cow slaughter.

It all started on Monday, when inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, 47, received a call that a group of villagers had gathered outside Chingrawati police outpost after animal carcasses were found in a nearby forest, Ram Kumar, inspector general of police (Uttar Pradesh/Meerut range), told CGTN Digital. "They wanted to block the road demanding immediate action against those who had killed the animals."

The spot where inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was killed by a mob during protests against alleged cow slaughter in Chingrawati village in Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh, India, December 5, 2018. /VCG photo

While local media reports suggest there were about 400 people in the crowd, Kumar maintained that there were not more than 100.

According to the police, some people of the mob had homemade revolvers. "We are still investigating who fired first," said Kumar, adding that "The crowd got more aggressive after a protester was shot dead in the firing." While some cops managed to flee, inspector Singh wasn't that lucky. The mob even set the police outpost and vehicles on fire.

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