India, May 29 -- A 44-year-old grocery shop owner was attacked by a mob over suspicion of selling cow meat in Northwest Delhi's Vijay Nagar area late Wednesday night. The incident took place close to Delhi University's North campus.

In a purported video of the area, a group of men can be heard chanting slogans calling for "those who kill cows to be shot." Police said security was heightened to control the situation on the ground and that "meat samples have been seized and sent for forensic analysis to determine whether it is cow meat."

The owner of the shop - called North East Store - has been identified as Chaman Kumar. Police said that he was beaten up around 9 pm-10 pm.

DCP (Northwest) Bhisham Singh said that the complainant is a 15...