Hyderabad, March 7 -- Ujjain district members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal honoured police officers with garlands and sweets for parading two Muslim men accused of cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain. The Muslim men identified as Salim Mewati and Aaqib Mewati were brutally beaten and paraded through a busy area by the police on March 3 over accusations of cow slaughter.

A video that surfaced on Friday, March 7, across social media platforms shows the Hindutva members garlanding the senior police officers and then exchanging sweets amid laughter. After the celebration, the radical group members and the police officers clicked photos together.

The event has raised grave concerns over the relationship between law enf...