Indian police arrest Muslim students over beef-cooking rumors

Indian police arrested four Muslim students on charges of breaching the peace after rumors the men were cooking beef

Indian police arrested four Muslim students on charges of breaching the peace after rumors the men were cooking beef sparked protests, an officer said Thursday.

Hundreds of fellow students and right-wing Hindu activists had gathered outside a university residence in the northern state of Rajasthan on Monday and were accusing the four of cooking beef– a taboo in parts of the Hindu-majority nation.

Many Indian states including Rajasthan have banned the consumption of cow meat, which has become even more contentious since the murder last year of a Muslim man wrongly suspected of eating beef.