Vigilante group moves to save cows from slaughter

The killing of cows is illegal in most of India, a largely Hindu nation

Three kilometers down the road from the white marble walls of the fabled Taj Mahal, a heavyset man crouches in the dirt of a cow shed and explains how the future of India belongs to him.

Digvijay Nath Tiwari is commander of a vigilante group that claims 5,000 members in the northern city of Agra, and which cultivates informants, swarms shop owners, ambushes trucks at night and metes out extrajudicial violence, all for one cause: protecting the holy cow, an animal held sacred by Hindu beliefs.