Cow as cover for murder
While the New Industrial Township (NIT-5) market in Faridabad, Haryana, is lit up brightly, a house on the fourth floor of a building in the area lies in darkness. Here, a family mourns the death of their son, Aryan Mishra, who was shot dead on August 23. A poster hangs from the partially painted terrace of the building, just metres below an Indian flag. It features a picture of Aryan, 20, wearing a hoodie and a smile, and seeks justice for him.On August 23, Aryan was travelling in a red SUV with the Gulatis, the owners of the house in which his family lives, after enjoying a late-night snack. According to the police, five men, most of them in their 20s, allegedly mistook Aryan to be a cattle smuggler and chased the car for 30 kilometres before firing at him. All the five ‘gau rakshaks’ (c...