Haryana, June 27 -- Two Muslim cattle traders were assaulted and publicly humiliated by members of the Gau Raksha Dal and other Hindutva groups in Haryana's Karnal district on suspicion of smuggling cows before handing them over to the police.

A first information report (FIR) has been registered at Sector 13 Police Station against the cattle traders.

A video circulating online shows a group of self-proclaimed cow vigilantes, along with Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) members, attacking a half-naked man with lathis while he cowers. A cow vigilante, speaking to local media, alleged that the traders were illegally smuggling cows to be slaughtered in Bihar.

The Hindutva group claimed the two men used gunfire against them. "When...