The injured along with minor girl are undergoing treatment at Jammu hospital. (video grab)

NEW DELHI: A nine-year-old girl along with four of her family members were attacked by self-proclaimed 'gau rakshaks' (cow vigilante) in Jammu and Kashmir 's Reasi district, Police said on Saturday.

"All four persons involved in the attack on the family have been arrested today," a senior police officer said, adding, "The family along with their livestock (cattle, sheep and goats) were attacked on April 20 (Friday) night."

He also said livestock has been restored to the family.

The girl, Sammi, has suffered multiple fractures and is undergoing treatment in the Jammu hospital, the officer said.

Earlier, recounting the incident, one of the victims of the attack had said, "They (vigilante) beat us ruthlessly. Somehow we managed to flee but one of our children is still missing and we don't even know whether he is alive or dead."

On April 3, a Muslim man Pehlu Khan was brutally beaten up by gau rakshaks in Rajasthan's Alwar district and later succumbed to his injuries. He was with his sons Aarif and Irshad when they were all mercilessly beaten up.

Cow vigilantes, in the name of ' Gau Rakshak ' groups have been attacking vehicles carrying cows and buffaloes in Haryana and Rajasthan in the past two-three years.



In Video: 6 people including a 9-year-old girl attacked by cow vigilantes in Jammu