Don’t allow cow vigilantes to act like police: KC Tyagi

New Delhi, Sept 4: Janata Dal (United) leader K C Tyagi slammed cow vigilantes on Wednesday amid an uproar over the recent killings of two persons in Haryana, saying their action is unconstitutional and no “political outfit” should be doing the work of the police.

In an interaction with PTI editors, he said no one should be allowed to take the law into their own hands and noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had echoed a similar view in 2019 when he slammed cow vigilantes for violence in the name of cow protection.

He was replying to a question over the fatal shooting of Aryan Mishra (19) allegedly by cow vigilantes following a car chase in Faridabad. A migrant worker, Sabir Malik, was also killed in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri allegedly by a cow vigilante group recently.

“What they are doing is unconstitutional. It is very much against our Constitution which gives us the right to liberty,” said Tyagi, who recently stepped down as his party’s spokesperson but remains its political advisor.

He added, “If anyone has an issue, then they should complain in police stations. How can any political outfit act like a police force?”

Mishra was shot dead on a highway around midnight on August 23. Five people — Saurabh, Anil Kaushik, Varun, Krishna and Adesh — who allegedly chased him and opened fire were arrested on August 28.

According to police sources, the accused, during interrogation, claimed that on the night of August 23, they received information that some suspected cattle smugglers driving two SUVs were doing recce in the city.

They mistook Aryan, and his friends, Shanky and Harshit, for cattle smugglers and followed their car for about 30 kilometres near the Gadhpuri Toll on the Delhi-Agra National Highway, police sources said.

On the other hand, Malik, a migrant worker from West Bengal, was beaten to death on August 27 over the suspicion that he had eaten beef. Police said they have arrested five members of a cow vigilante group for the attack. (PTI)

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