NEW DELHI — Eight months after a mob beat to death a Muslim man rumored to have slaughtered a cow and eaten its meat, a new analysis has found that the meat of a “cow or its progeny” was retrieved from the victim’s home.

The forensic report, leaked to the Indian news media on Tuesday, directly contradicts a previous analysis released five months ago by a local veterinary hospital, which determined that meat seized at the home of the victim, Muhammad Ikhlaq, was that of a goat. MORE