Bulandshahr riot: 300-500 cow vigilantes go on rampage, cop among 2 killed

In Bulandshahr, a police inspector, who had probed the Akhlaq lynching case died of gunshot injuries as a rampaging mob torched a police post

Chaos reigned in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Monday over protests against alleged illegal slaughterhouses in the area. A police inspector, who had probed the Akhlaq lynching case initially, and a youth died of gunshot injuries as a rampaging mob torched a police post and clashed with cops. According to eye-witnesses, around 300-500 people had attacked the entire police force.

What led to the violence in Bulandshahr?

The trouble started after villagers found some body parts of the cow and its progeny in a jungle in Mahaw village, according to the Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Anand Kumar.