Aakar Patel author and journalist former head of Amnesty International India:

BJP has criminalized keeping beef in India since 2015. The accused have to prove that the meat is not beef or they go to jail.

A man in Gujarat has been sentenced to 10 years for serving beef at his daughter's wedding.

After these laws were passed, a wave of lynchings began across India - mostly targeting Muslims for eating or transporting beef.

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