Why India man was lynched over beef rumours

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34409354

Why India man was lynched over beef rumours

A 50-year-old man in northern India was killed in a mob lynching on Monday night allegedly over rumours that his family had been storing and consuming beef at home. BBC Hindi's Salman Ravi went to Dadri in the state of Uttar Pradesh to find out more.

It was around 10.30pm on Monday night and the nine-member Akhlaq family had been preparing to go to bed after dinner.
Mohammad Akhlaq, a farm worker, was already asleep in a room next to his 22-year-old son, Danish, when a frenzied mob, wielding sticks, swords and cheap pistols burst into their home, accusing the family of having slaughtered a cow and consuming it.

"They came from everywhere. Over the walls, through the gate...They just barged into the house, shouting that we had slaughtered a cow," says his 75-year-old mother, Asghari Akhlaq.
"I asked them how can we bring a cow into the house without anyone seeing? We are the only Muslim family in this neighbourhood."
Some meat found in the fridge, that the family insists is mutton, was held to be proof.

(continued, probably beef - I've gotta say I wouldn't argue with the majority view here...)

[laklak]

Fucking lunatics, the lot.

[JimC]

Don't have a cow, man...