by admin | May 25, 2021 | Halal Food, Halal Industries, Markets, News, Politics
Mauvin Godinho
Panaji : There is no shortage of beef in Goa, Minister for Animal Husbandry Mauvin Godinho said on Friday. However, he admitted that the state’s only legal abattoir was not running to its full capacity.
Godinho was replying to a question from Congress MLA Francisco Silveira in the state legislative assembly.
The minister though said that Goa’s only legal slaughterhouse, the Goa Meat Complex, was not able to slaughter adequate number of cattle, due to livestock transport permit issues in neighbouring states.
The Congress leader wanted to know whether regular and sufficient beef supply would be ensured by the government.
Godinho, a minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition cabinet in his written reply said: “There is no reported shortage.”
Meat traders in the state have warned of a beef shortage. They have accused vigilante groups of harassment during transportation of cattle to abattoirs, forcing them to import pre-slaughtered frozen beef from other regions for sale in Goa.
“The Goa Meat Complex Ltd. is fully operational. However, at present the traders are unable to bring animals for slaughter, as they are not getting Transport Permit Certificate to bring animals from outside the state,” Godinho said.
On an average, 22 cattle are being slaughtered every day, he said, even as the abattoir has the capacity to slaughter 120 cattle per shift.
Official statistics say that nearly 30 to 50 tons of beef is consumed in the state every day, largely by visiting tourists and the minority communities in the state, who account for nearly a third of Goa’s population.
In July 2016, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had assured the assembly that the government would ensure regular supply of beef to the state.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
Faridabad : Five Muslim youths from Faridabad district of Haryana were thrashed by cow vigilantes who suspected them of transporting beef in Mujessar area, following which members of both the groups were booked in different cases, police said on Saturday.
Police said two brothers Isaan Mohammad and Shahzad along with Shakeel, Sonu, and Azaad Mohammad — all residents of three villages in Faridabad district — were thrashed by a mob of cow vigilantes on Friday when they were carrying meat in an auto-rickshaw.
On Saturday, police registered a case under Sections 148, 149, 323, 341, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code at Mujessar police station against unknown 15-20 persons for thrashing the five youths.
Police said on a complaint by Faridabad’s Sanjay Colony resident Bajranji, the five youths too were booked in a cross-case under The Haryana Gauvansh and Gausamvardhan Act of 2015.
“A laboratory test has since established that the seized meat was of buffalo and not cow or its progeny. After the report, 15-20 unknown persons were booked under the IPC,” a senior police officer told IANS.
No arrest has been made as yet.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
Patna : Communal tension gripped a village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district on Sunday over rumours about killing of a cow, police said. Beef was seized and two people were arrested.
A mob led by cow vigilantes on Sunday morning surrounded a house of a Muslim family in Abhgila village in Bhojpur district, about 60 km from Patna, on suspicion of cow slaughter.
“Rumours of killing of a cow spread like wildfire and soon people from neighbouring villages surrounded the Muslim family’s house,” an officer of Sahar police station told IANS.
“Police were informed and a team reached there, and managed to pacify angry villagers with an assurance that strict action will be taken against offenders.”
However, an elected local body representative on condition of anonymity said that the timely arrival of the police averted a disaster as the mob, instigated by Bajrang Dal activists and Bharatiya Janata Party workers, was about to set ablaze the Muslim family’s house.
“If police team had arrived half an hour later, the situation would have been very different because some people were asking to kill those who killed a cow,” he said.
Police officials admitted that tension prevails between two communities in the village.
“This incident took place during ongoing Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Adha, when animals are sacrificed as a part of rituals,” he said.
Exactly a month ago, on August 3, in a first of its kind in Bihar, a mob in Bhojpur led by cow vigilantes thrashed a truck driver and two others on a mere suspicion of transporting beef. All three men were arrested after being rescued from the mob.
Last month, in a similar incident, seven Muslims were arrested in Dumra village in West Champaran district for allegedly killing a calf and consuming its meat.
In that case too, a mob of cow vigilantes had surrounded the house of the suspects, demanding the arrested people be handed over to them. When the police refused, the mob staged a protest and pelted the police vehicle with stones, according to local media.
Cow vigilantes have suddenly become active in Bihar after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar dumped allies Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress in July and formed the government with the BJP.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
Mumbai, (IANS) In a significant verdict, the Bombay High Court on Friday ruled that possession of beef slaughtered outside Maharashtra would not be a criminal offence but it upheld the government’s decision to ban the slaughter of bullocks in the state.
The ruling by a division bench comprising Justice A.S. Oka and Justice S.C. Gupte came on a bunch of petitions challenging the provisions in the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act which stipulated penal action even for possession of beef brought from outside the state.
Accordingly, while slaughter of bullocks would not be permitted, the court has permitted the import and consumption of beef from other states to Maharashtra.
The President had granted assent to the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act, which prohibited slaughter of bulls and bullocks as well as possession and consumption of their meat in the state.
The Act stipulated a five-year jail term and Rs.10,000 fine for slaughter of bulls or bullocks and one-year imprisonment and Rs.2,000 fine for possession of its meat.
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Halal Food, Halal Industries
By maeeshat.in,
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday banned the sale of the beef in the state after hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against cow slaughter. Justices Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Janak Raj Kotwal issued the order over the PIL filed by advocate Parimoksh Seth. After Maharashtra, J&K is second state where beef has been banned in recent time.
Because of its special status, the state has two penal codes, the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), both of which have almost all sections in common except for a few.
Under section 298A of the RPC, intentionally killing or slaughtering a cow or like animal (including ox and buffalo) is a cognizable, non-bailable offence punishable with 10 years imprisonment and fine.
Under section 298B, possessing the flesh such an animal is a cognizable, non-bailable offence punishable with imprisonment of one year and fine.
The RPC was enacted in 1862 by the then Dogra maharaja of the state while the IPC also came into force in India the same year.
The high court has reportedly directed the director general police to ensure that appropriate directions are issued to all police official, especially district heads and station head officers (SHOs), to strictly enforce the ban.
On the day of the J&K high court order, the Rajasthan government also ordered a three-day ban on sale of meat during the Jain festival next week. The government issued the order that slaughterhouses as well as meat and fish shops are kept closed on Sep 17 and 18 (for Paryushan, a festival of Shwetambar Jains) and September 27 (for Anant Chaturdashi, celebrated by Digambars).
Just two days ago, the Mumbai municipal corporation in Maharashtra had imposed a four-day ban on sale of meat in the financial capital of India on – Sep 10, 13, 17 and 18. The state passed the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act in March, banning the slaughter, sale and import of beef.
Interestingly, in all three states – Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Maharashtra – BJP is in power.
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With inputs from IANS
