You are correct. It is news to me to hear that "a lot" of practicing devout Hindus eat beef.
The devout Hindus who I am friends with here do not any meat at all.
I do know Hindus by birth and culture only who attribute their bovine laced diets to "becoming Westernized."
You may freely use the links in my earlier post to show the Indians whom you are acquainted with, how wrong they were if they thought Hindus never ate beef.
And an add on, Anklesaria Aiyar is a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class in Hinduism. So the case is evermore stronger.