India, Jan. 14 -- A 25-year-old man was thrashed by a group of people in Rajasthan's Bhiwadi district on suspicion that he and two other men were trying to smuggle cows through Khushchera village in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

The man, identified by the police as Sahun Khan, has been admitted to the hospital for injuries sustained in the attack.

Bhiwadi superintendent of police (SP) Prashant Kiran said a first information report (FIR) has been filed against Sahun Khan and his two associates under the Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, following a complaint by villagers.

Khan had sustained fractures on his leg and hand in the attack, Kiran said. The Bhiwad...