In India, Police Shootings of Alleged Cow Smugglers Raise Alarm About Impunity and Bias – WTOP News
A Washington-based think tank counted nearly 650 injured suspects since 2020, while courts warned police cannot replace the justice system.
- Police in Uttar Pradesh have shot hundreds of suspects in encounters targeting Muslims accused of cow smuggling, a tactic known locally as "Operation Langda" or "Operation Lame."
- Chief Minister Adityanath has positioned himself at the hard edge of surging religious nationalism; critics argue his tough-on-crime approach amounts to a veiled attack on Muslims that panders to the hard-line Hindu vote.
- Data compiled by The Center for the Study of Organized Hate shows nearly 93% of suspects injured in cow-smuggling encounters were Muslim, based on analysis of 627 cases with identified information.
- Senior police official Amitabh Yash stated officers act only in self-defense and denied orders to shoot suspects in the leg, while forensic expert Dr. Mohd Kaleem Khan called such injuries "highly unlikely" defensive shots.
- In June, an Allahabad High Court judge expressed "deep constitutional concern" over a "culture of institutional impunity" in Uttar Pradesh, warning that officers cannot replace the justice system.
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PressNewsAgencyTakeaways from AP investigation into police shootings of alleged cow smugglers in India
An Associated Press investigation found that police in India’s most populous state have repeatedly shot suspects in the leg, many of them Muslims accused of cow smuggling. Research shared exclusively with AP documented nearly 650 such shootings in Uttar Pradesh…
In India, police shootings of alleged cow smugglers raise alarm about impunity and bias – WTOP News
MEERUT, India (AP) — The police videos follow a predictable script: A man shot in the lower leg hobbles through darkness as officers escort him away. Police across India’s most populous state have shot hundreds of suspects in near-identical encounters that often target Muslims accused of cow smuggling, an offense closely tied to cow protection...
Winnipeg Free Press
In India, police shootings of alleged cow smugglers raise alarm about impunity and bias
MEERUT, India (AP) — The police videos follow a predictable script: A man shot in the lower leg hobbles through darkness as officers escort him away.
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