According to reports, Ismail Shah was pulled off his two-wheeler by four men, who accused him of carrying cow meat. Shah kept telling them it was goat meat and not beef but the men won’t listen to him.

A 36-year-old Muslim man was hospitalised with serious injuries after he was assaulted nagpur Police identified the alleged attackers as Ashwin Uike, Janardan Chowdhury, Rameshwar Tayde and Moreshwar Tandulkar.

The four are the members of Prahar Sanghatana, which describes itself as a social and cultural body. Sanghatana is led by Bacchu Kadu, an MLA from Amravati who supports BJP Government.

Earlier in series of crime by Cow protectors sparked nationwide protest, forcing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to say “killing people in the name of protecting cows is not acceptable”.

The Nagpur police after complaint now have arrested four men for the assault in Jalalkheda town, the latest in a series of violent incidents involving cow vigilante groups Jalalkheda police station in-charge Vijay Tiwari said on Thursday.

To curb cow vigilantism, the Maharashtra government plans to provide beef-detection kits to police for on-the-spot meat tests.