Killing people in the name "gau bhakti" is not acceptable, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.
"As a society, there is no place for violence, " he said in a speech at the Sabarmati Ashram here.
"Killing people in the name of 'gau bhakti' (cow worship) is not acceptable, " he said.
"This is not something Mahatma Gandhi would approve. "