Hyderabad, Sept. 21 -- The family of a 33-year-old Muslim man has accused Uttar Pradesh police of forcibly arresting him on allegations of cow slaughter on Friday, September 19, threatening the family with 'half encounter.'

Allah Meher Qureshi alias Majid, a resident of Khanpur village in Moradabad district, works in the buffalo dairy industry. On Friday, the Mundha Pandey police dragged him from his house on charges of illegal cow slaughter, despite his family's efforts to resist.

According to Qureshi's sister, Ajmaeen, he was sleeping when the police stormed our house. "Upon arriving, they first took out the DVR of the CCTV installed in our house. Then they forcibly dragged out Majid and took him away without furnishing a reason for t...