Killing People In The Name Of Cows Unacceptable: Modi 

Ahmedabad: Killing people in the name "gau bhakti" is not acceptable, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.

"As a society, there is no place for violence," he said in a speech at the Sabarmati Ashram here.

"Killing people in the name of 'gau bhakti' (cow worship) is not acceptable," he said. "This is not something Mahatma Gandhi would approve."

It may be recalled that a cattle rearer Pehlu Khan belonging to Haryana was lynched to death by alleged cow vigilantes at Alwar town in Rajasthan in April. Pehlu was transporting cows with a valid documents in a van.

Another horrific incident in Delhi train a week ago in which a teenager Junaid was lynched by mob for the reason that the family was carrying beef. — (IANS)