In this Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 photo, Indian policemen detain a supporter of Engineer Rashid Ahmed, a Jammu and Kashmir state lawmaker, during a protest against India's ruling Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after lawmakers from the BJP kicked and punched Ahmed on Thursday for hosting a party where he served beef, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Hindus consider cows to be sacred, and slaughtering the animals is banned in most Indian states. Cows have long been sacred to Hindus, worshipped as a mother figure and associated since ancient times with the god Krishna. But increasingly, cows are also becoming a tool of political parties, an electioneering code word and a rallying cry for both Hindu nationalists and their opponents. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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