Vigilante Groups Target Individuals On Suspicion

#Gravitas In two disturbing incidents reported from different parts of India, vigilante groups and fringe elements have allegedly taken the law into their own hands, targeting individuals based on suspicion alone. As per reports, a 19-year-old student in Haryana’s Faridabad was allegedly shot dead by a group of cow vigilantes mistaking him for a cattle smuggler. In Maharashtra, a group of men allegedly assaulted a 72-year-old man in a Mumbai-bound train after accusing him of carrying beef.