India, March 21 -- A cow vigilante, Chandra Shekhar, better known by his alias Farsa Baba, died in a road crash on the Agra-Delhi highway, near Mathura, at around 4 am Saturday morning, triggering a massive protest and a traffic jam on the highway by angry locals that was controlled by the afternoon.

His supporters alleged that Baba was run over by cow smugglers when he tried to stop a truck allegedly carrying cattle near the Kotvan border area.

The Mathura district administration said that Baba along with a disciple had stopped a container truck on the highway. The vehicle, bearing a Nagaland registration number, was intercepted on suspicion of carrying cows. However, upon inspection, it was found to be transporting soap, phenyl and sh...