Khan, who sold cow milk to provide for his family, had left to buy another cow – according to his family – and never returned.
The mass hysteria over smuggling of cows for slaughter has claimed several lives – of the minorities and the underprivileged, for the most part – and has destroyed many families. One of the recent victims of this hysteria was Rakbar Khan from Haryana, who was lynched On July 21, while he was trying to cross the border to enter Rajasthan. Khan, who sold cow milk to provide for his family, had left to buy another cow – according to his family – and never returned.