Nagpur: A 40-year-old man accused of carrying beef was beaten up by four men in Nagpur's Bharsingi area on Wednesday.
The police said Ismail Shah was travelling in his two-wheeler when the accused stopped him and alleged that he was carrying beef. Shah kept on saying the meat was not beef but they refused to hear him out.
According to sources, the four accused belong to the Prahar Sangathana. An officer said that all four of them have been arrested.
"We had received the complaint yesterday. We have arrested four people. We are still investigating the issue," DCP Shailesh Balkawde said.
Sources said the meat has been sent to the forensic lab for analysis.
This comes days after 16-year-old Junaid who was allegedly stabbed and beaten to death while several others were injured on a local train in Haryana after a group of people accused them of carrying beef in a bag.
Last month thousands turned up in Delhi and four other cities across the country holding aloft placards as a part of the #NotInMyName demonstrations calling for an end to the lynching of innocent Muslims by mobs of cow vigilantes.
A Facebook post by a filmmaker against the lynching of a Muslim teenager has spawned a powerful online campaign, leading to protest marches being held in five cities across the country.
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