In the week Madhya Pradesh (MP) chief minister Kamal Nath intended a law to prosecute cow vigilantism – the first in India – a Bajrang Dal mob attacked 25 men for “illegally” transporting cattle, chained them together, abused them while chanting “Gau mata ki jai (hail mother cow).”

The police first arrested the victims on charges of animal cruelty under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and later three attackers, who are out on bail. The victims remain incarcerated.

This is the 131st bovine-related hate crime to be reported in India since 2010, according to the FactChecker’s database that tracks such violence, which has claimed at least 47 lives and injured 264 people.