The severed head of a cow was found at a Hindu man’s cow sanctuary in Pennsylvania in an alleged case of ‘ethnic intimidation’. The cow’s head was reportedly dumped at the Lakshmi Cow Sanctuary in Monroe County sometime during the weekend.
Sankar Sastry with one his cows Image Courtesy: Facebook
According to The Express Times, Pennsylvania State Police observed that the incident occurred between Saturday night and Sunday morning and called it a case of “ethnic intimidation, criminal trespass and harassment”.
The miscreants, however, hadn’t hurt any of the 20 cows at the sanctuary.
According to local reports from Pennsylvania, miscreants abandoned the cow’s head in the vicinity so that Sankar Sastri (the owner) could find it. However, Sastri would like to believe that the incident was just a harmless prank.
“I hope this doesn’t magnify anymore. I don’t want to take it to the next side. I hope just a prank. They probably didn’t realise. People are unaware of what we’re about (sic),” Sastri told a local news channel.
According to reports, the cow sanctuary is a nonprofit organization founded by Sastri about 20 years before. Sastri is a retired professor and dean from the New York City College of Technology.
Rajan Zed, the president of the Nevada-based Universal Society of Hinduism, in an official statement said that the “Hindus are highly concerned” over the incident and requested the Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf and Monroe County’s chairperson John R Moyer to reassure the community.
“It was shocking for the hard-working, harmonious and peaceful US Hindu community numbering about three million, who had made lot of contributions to the nation and society, to receive such signals of hatred and intimidation,” he said in the statement.
