Jaipur, Dec 28: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a religious organisation representing Muslim clerics, advised cattle traders in Alwar district of Rajasthan to shun the transfer of cattle at night and carry proper documents to avoid attacks by cow vigilantes or Gau Rakshaks.
There have been many incidents of violence and cow vigilantism in past few months in the country. This includes murders of Mewat’s 55-year-old dairy farmer Pehlu Khan and 23-year-old Talim Hussain who was driver by profession.
Following this, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind held a meeting with cattle traders in Alwar’s Shivaji Park area. The outfit advised them to transfer cattle at daytime with required documents. “Alwar has been a sensitive spot for violence over suspicion of cattle smuggling. We met the traders and truck drivers in Mewat, advised them to transfer cattle at daytime with required documents. They should not be trading cattle at night and avoid attacks by vigilantes,” Jamiat secretary Maulana Hakimuddin Qasmi told News 18.
Leaders of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind announced that anyone transporting cow during the night will be termed as cow smuggler. Cattle traders won’t receive any support from their community leaders if they transport cattle at night, they announced.
The organisation is also planning other movements in Alwar like forming committees to clear suspicion and myths about Muslims among non-muslims. “We have seen Umar, Pehlu, Talim and want no more of this kind of violence. We have to deal with this suspicion with communication and meetings of different communities,” Qasmi added.
“Mewat has always been a land of dairy farmers who survive by selling milk. If they kill cows, they will lose their livelihoods. Recently, innocent people were killed, their families have been ruined because of misunderstanding over cows they had with them. We need to ensure that Mewatis do not give the self-appointed gau-rakshaks to point fingers at them,” Qasmi further said.
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