Overview

• Clashes broke out late on June 8 in Attapur and Jalpally when suspected vigilante groups intercepted and set fire to vehicles carrying cattle and animal remains.
• Police officers used lathi charges and dispatched reinforcements to disperse crowds after stone pelting injured several personnel.
• Twenty-two arrests have been made and FIRs registered as Cyberabad Police launch investigations into the violence.
• Members of both communities staged protests at Mailardevpally and Musheerabad police stations to demand action.
• The unrest underscores a broader pattern of cow vigilantism targeting cattle transport during religious observances in Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.