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TopicGau Rakshaks

Topic: Gau Rakshaks

A day in the life of Haryana’s gau rakshaks: Highway patrols, ambushing ‘smugglers’ & web of informants

ThePrint follows gau rakshaks across Faridabad to document how cow protection has expanded into policing meat shops, tracking alleged ‘love jihad’ cases & enforcing religious norms.

The gau rakshak got fooled: How Bittu Bajrangi got scammed in his search for a bride

Faridabad police have arrested 5 people from Aligarh & Bulandshahr for allegedly duping 2023 Nuh violence accused of Rs 41,000. Mastermind of fake bride gang is on the run.

Karnataka man, 11-yr-old daughter waylaid by vigilantes. Father booked for ‘carrying beef without bills’

In statement recorded in hospital, girl says she got injured after fall from bike as 2 men blocked them with their car & assaulted her father. Case to be lodged for 'moral policing' too.

Another Hindu man lynched for cows in Haryana. Gau rakshaks are now narbhakshaks

The Haryana police tip-off gau rakshaks, even when trucks show them the necessary paperwork for transporting cows, like in the Palwal case.

Haryana is the hotbed of gau raksha influencers and crimes of religious passion

From toll booth informants to Instagram warriors to election candidates, Haryana’s gau rakshaks are blurring the lines between religion, law, and politics—and leaving chaos in their wake.

Nexus of informers to govt-enabled patrol, Haryana gau rakshaks in focus after Faridabad teen’s killing

After a lull, Haryana has seen a sudden surge in cow-related vigilantism in the past few weeks. Former bureaucrat says this wasn't a part of the state's culture 'before 2014'.

NCR gau rakshaks are a different lot. Engineer, environmentalist, Christian banker

There is a shift from love for dogs to love for cows among the elites now, says Christy, a Christian woman who wants to one day start an all-women gau raksha dal.

Gaurakshaks go beyond Mewat, popping up across Haryana’s toll plazas. Hindu farmers angry

The FIR filed against seven gau rakshaks in Hisar, after farmers gathered outside the police station, is the first of its kind since past year.

At Bhiwani Hindu mahapanchayat for Monu, call for Hindu unity repeated but only handful attend

At previous mahapanchayats, held Tuesday & Wednesday at Gurgaon and Palwal, the speakers addressed thousands and spoke about distrust in Rajasthan Police's Junaid-Nasir murder probe.

What happened to Junaid-Nasir: Rajasthan Police say duo assaulted by 2 groups of gau rakshaks

Confirming cow vigilantes alert police about movement of cattle smugglers, police say accused didn’t inform them about Nasir and Junaid on night of alleged abduction and murder.

On Camera

Indian politicians need to learn to take a joke

From stand-up comics facing FIRs to political leaders bristling at memes, India remains deeply uncomfortable with the freedom to mock.

Chinese imports are fuelling India’s export growth, from smartphones to pharma

A look at the latest data from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry shows imports rising faster than exports, as Indian firms continue to rely on Chinese components for manufacturing.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one women fighter pilots were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman