The police on Wednesday said a 30-year-old "gau rakshak" (cow vigilante) from Kalyan in Thane district was kidnapped and brutally assaulted by two men, reported news agency PTI.

According to a complaint cited by the police, the victim was forcibly removed from his car by the two individuals, placed into an auto-rickshaw, and taken to a location on the Govind Wadi bypass road where he was severely beaten up at around 9.30 am on Tuesday, reported PTI.