Upper caste man in India made to take bath in Ganga for killing cow

An upper caste villager from India’s iDumbar village in Tikamgarh district has left to take a dip in the Ganga, in keeping with local custom, after he killed a cow belonging to a lower caste villager in a fit of anger. Mohan Tiwari, 40, reportedly got angry because the cow, owned by Shankar Ahirwar, entered his field more than once. He allegedly hit the animal with a sharp weapon. When word spread that the cow had died, members of the Brahmin community met and ordered that Tiwari undergo punishment that involves taking a dip in the Ganga and organising a feast for the village. Ahirwar was not keen on filing a police complaint after reportedly striking a deal with the upper caste villager. Inspector Kailash Babu Arya said that Bajrang Dal activists forced Ahirwar to lodge a police complaint. Arya said post mortem was conducted and after it was established that the animal died of injuries, Tiwari was booked under the Madhya Pradesh Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act.