It is clear that in Mandsaur some people indulged in violence in the name of protecting cows. The police acting under pressure arrested the two women and sent them to jail without even a proper probe. The video clearly shows that there was a deliberate attempt to instigate trouble and vitiate the atmosphere and create communal tensions. The two women were first apprehended, then beaten up and this was followed by slogans of ‘jai shri ram’. Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s government must ensure that such people are dealt with an iron hand. Wearing saffron and raising slogans is not a licence to perpetrate violence. Action must also be taken against those policemen who not only allowed this to happen but also remained as mere spectators to all this trouble.