Four cow vigilantes held for attack on J&K nomads, hunt on for others (Lead)

Jammu April 22 (IANS) Four members of a self-styled gau rakshak (cow vigilante) group were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir s Reasi district after they attacked and injured a nomadic family of five including a 9-year old girl and stole all their livestock police said here on Saturday.

A hunt was on to arrest the other members of the group.

Police parties have been moved out to arrest all the members of the group that attacked a family of nomadic goatherds on Thursday and decamped with their livestock a senior police officer said here.

Besides arresting four members of the group police had restored the family s cattle sheep and goats.

An FIR has been lodged. We have arrested some persons involved in the attack on the nomad family moving with their livestock -- cattle sheep and goats on April 20 night a senior police officer told IANS.

The group had attacked the family with iron rods during Thursday night in Talwara area of Reasi.

--IANS
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