![Asghari Begum, mother of the victim, stands by the entrance of her home in Bisara, a village near New Delhi, on September 30, 2015.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/151002165150-india-murder-beef-10.jpg?q=w_2294,h_1599,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Asghari Begum, mother of the victim, stands by the entrance of her home in Bisara, a village near New Delhi, on September 30, 2015.
![A relative of Mohammad Akhlaq reads about the killing in a newspaper in Bisara on September 30.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/151002165210-india-murder-beef-08.jpg?q=w_2700,h_1800,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
A relative of Mohammad Akhlaq reads about the killing in a newspaper in Bisara on September 30.
![Asghari Begum mourns the killing of her son.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/151002163311-india-murder-beef-01.jpg?q=w_3615,h_2031,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Asghari Begum mourns the killing of her son.
![Sukhdas Mahatma, the village temple priest, announced the cow slaughter.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/151002163534-india-murder-beef-03.jpg?q=w_3318,h_2212,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Sukhdas Mahatma, the village temple priest, announced the cow slaughter.
![Ombir Sisodia, the father of one of the arrested suspects, sits in his yard. He denies his son's involvement in the assault.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/151002164714-india-murder-beef-06.jpg?q=w_2031,h_3615,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Ombir Sisodia, the father of one of the arrested suspects, sits in his yard. He denies his son's involvement in the assault.
![Ombir Sisodia is pictured milking a cow.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/151002163427-india-murder-beef-02.jpg?q=w_3615,h_2031,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Ombir Sisodia is pictured milking a cow.