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Villagers in northern India have killed a Muslim man for allegedly smuggling cattle, police said on Saturday, in violence critics say is fueled by the Hindu nationalist government seeking a nationwide ban of cow slaughter and beef trade. India is the world's largest exporter of beef and its fifth biggest consumer, but cow slaughter is forbidden in some regions, including the state of Himachal Pradesh, as many Hindus regard the animal as sacred.* A group of local villagers attacked the victim, known only as Noman, and four other men on Wednesday evening in Himachal Pradesh after seeing them transporting cattle in a truck, a senior police official said. Noman was beaten to death, while the other four men, who survived the attack, were charged with animal smuggling and cow slaughter, the official said.
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