Truth vs Hype: Gau-Rakshaks - Protectors Or Extortionists?
The video of Dalit men flogged by cattle vigilantes in Gujarat has turned attention once again on the violent, and divisive methods used by gau rakshaks or self-styled cow vigilantes across the country. They claim to be acting as defenders of the holy cow. On Truth vs Hype this week, we expose how that rhetoric is often a mask for extortion, bribe-taking and using vigilantism to support a thriving network of cattle shelters. We go undercover with a cattle truck, that is attacked by gau-rakshaks to find how their thuggery has the tacit support of the police.
