Translations:Killing of Noman/11/en

Cow slaughter is banned in Himachal Pradesh.[1] According to police, Sirmaur district, which borders Uttarakhand, is a transit route for cattle smuggled from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh, and cattle theft is common in the area.[2] Noman was from Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh; Reuters reported his age as 20, and other reports described him as a daily-wage labourer.[1][3] Reuters reported that the killing came amid national tension over the beef trade, with opponents accusing the governing Bharatiya Janata Party of stoking religious tension ahead of state elections in Bihar.[1]

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