walking with him was his friend, aslam. of the darkness, two men appeared and fired shots, attacking them. this is rakbar‘s? the young muslim farmer was the alleged victim of so—called hindu cow vigilantes. rakbar lived in this village in the northern state of rajasthan along with his wife and seven children. for india's majority hindu population, the cow is sacred and in many states, slaughter of cows is against the law. religious minorities have been traditionally been free to farm and trade in cows, but there's been a crackdown by right—wing hindu politicians and the police. that which was seen as part of an identity of hindu belief has been politicised to a point where we are actually witnessing not just cow protection but instead what we are finding is much more dangerous. we are finding that mobs, often organised mobs, are targeting individuals who are, who have been trading in cattle. the targets of hindu vigilantes are often muslims and other religious groups who trade in cattle. human rights groups argue that there

joining us from london is middle east analyst bill law who writes for the website golf masses name aslam is also in london he's the chief market analyst at the online brokerage firm think markets thank you both for joining us and one can i start with you what does it indicate about the state of a government the state of a country when the leader is going to the country's gold reserves and flogging them off. it only represent one thing a big chaos and now you are trying to go around the current sanctions imposed in order to find a solution to provide some liquidity in the market because the current sanctions have brought venezuela to its knees because they can't really export oil which is what the commodity for the country and they have no other solution but to goo starts selling the gold reserves it's not the first time just for the for the record it's not the first time that we have seen such. actions taking place by by any man because we have seen that many other governments following the same miller strategy when they need that liquidity when they need currency when they need other co

joining us from london is middle east analyst bill law who writes for the website gulf massa's name aslam is also in london he's the chief market analyst at the online brokerage firm think markets thank you both for joining us and one can i start with you what does it indicate about the state of a government the state of a country when the leader is going to the country's gold reserves and flogging them off. it only represented one thing a big chaos and now you are trying to go around the current sanctions imposed in the nordic to find a solution to provide some liquidity in the market because the current sanctions have brought venezuela to its knees right because they can't really export oil which is what the commodity for the country and they have no other solution but to goo and start selling the gold reserves it's not the first time just for the for the record it's not the first time that we have seen such. actions taking place by by any man because we have seen that many other governments following the same miller strategy when they need that liquidity when they need currency when th

joining us from london is middle east analyst bill law who writes for the website golf masses name aslam is also in london he's the chief market analyst at the online brokerage firm think markets thank you both for joining us and one can i start with you what does it indicate about the state of a government the state of a country when the leader is going to the country's gold reserves and flogging them off. it only represented one thing a big chaos and now you are trying to go around the current sanctions imposed in the nordic to find a solution to provide some liquidity in the market because the current sanctions have brought venezuela to its knees right because they can't really export oil which is the commodity for the country and they have no other solution but to goo and start selling the gold reserves it's not the first time just for the for the record it's not the first time that we have seen such. actions taking place by by any man because we have seen that many other governments following the similar strategy when they need that liquidity when they need currency when they need o

since the death of rakbar khan, his friend, aslam, lives in fear of further attacks.ers have not been punished their part of the crime. he points to the head of the local cow protection gang who aslam insists was among those who beat is friend. everyone that we've spoken to, the victim's families, the police, they all talk about a difficult man to pin down. he'sjust rung us to all talk about a difficult man to pin down. he's just rung us to say he will so we are going to head over there now before he changes his mind. nawal kishore sharma has been linked to other vigila ntes mind. nawal kishore sharma has been linked to other vigilantes attacks in rajasthan. when we do eventually meet, he denies being with his gang when ace —— when they first stopped rakbar. muslims in this part of rajasthan are routinely stopped and accused of smuggling cattle. and notjust by cow smuggling cattle. and notjust by cow protection groups. this checkpoint is run by the police. an officer told me that the night before, they had stopped a van full of cows that he said were being taken to sl