Tag: cow smuggling

  • Ten held in Rajasthan for lynching man over suspicion of cow smuggling

    By PTI
    JAIPUR: Ten persons have been arrested for allegedly lynching a man on suspicion of cow smuggling, police said on Tuesday.

    A 25-year-old man was beaten to death and another seriously injured when a mob attacked them in Chittorgarh district on Sunday night while they were taking three oxen to Madhya Pradesh for farming purpose.

    “A case was registered against 19 persons and 10 of them have been arrested so far,” Circle Officer, Begun Rajendra Jain said.

    They were arrested on Monday night.

    He said the accused are local villagers, who on preliminary probe said that some people informed that cows were being smuggled and everyone started chasing the pick-up van.

    “When the vehicle was stopped, the mob thrashed them. Babu Bhil and Pintu Bhil were rushed to a hospital in critical condition where Babu Bhil succumbed to injuries,” he said.

  • BJP will stop ‘Love Jihad’, cow smuggling in Bengal if voted to power: Yogi at Malda rally

    By PTI
    MALDA: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday lambasted his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee for allegedly pursuing appeasement politics and endangering national security by allowing illegal immigrants into the state for vote bank politics.

    He promised that cow smuggling will be stopped within a day if the BJP is voted to power in the state.

    Claiming that West Bengal, which had once led the nation, is now facing a lawless situation, Adityanath, while addressing a rally in Malda district’s Gazole, alleged that incidents of ‘Love Jihad’ are happening in the state, but the TMC government has failed to stop them.

    “Appeasement politics for the sake of vote bank has endangered the security of not only West Bengal but also of the country. The TMC government has a problem with refugees getting citizenship but has no issue with illegal immigrants coming to the state,” Adityanath said.

    Claiming that the raising of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan is not allowed in West Bengal, Adityanath said that the people of the state will give a befitting reply to the TMC government for “playing with their religious sentiments”.

    “Jai Shri Ram slogan is not allowed in West Bengal, but people won’t allow this to continue. ‘Love Jihad’ incidents are happening in Bengal. In Uttar Pradesh, we have made a law to stop such incidents but the TMC government has failed to stop both cow smuggling and ‘Love Jihad’,” he said.

    “If the BJP is voted to power in West Bengal, we will stop cow smuggling within 24 hours,” he added.

    Elections to the 294-member assembly will be held in eight phases between March 27 and April 29.

  • 20,000 cattle rescued, 1,513 smugglers held, 1,100 cases filed: Assam BJP gives ‘Gaumata’ report card

    Express News Service
    GUWAHATI: The ruling BJP in Assam has signalled a clearer political agenda ahead of Assembly elections, expected in April.

    It came out with a report card on “Gaumata” on Monday, days after passing a Bill in the Assembly to convert the over 700 state-run madrasas into general schools.

    “CM Shri @sarbanandsonwal’s tough stance against Cow Smuggling has led to sustained massive crackdown on the menace, ensuring protection of the livestock that has been revered for thousands of years. Here’s a look at some figures,” a tweet of the Assam CM’s Office, captioned as “Protecting the Gaumata”, reads.

    The BJP let the electorate take a peek at the report card that fits well with the party’s core narrative. However, the timing of it and the use of the north Indian Hindutva lexicon has raised questions.

    As per figures shared through the tweet, 20,061 cattle were seized, 1,103 cases registered and 1,513 smugglers arrested since June 2016. The Sarbananda Sonowal government was installed in May that year.

    Opposition Congress was quick to react.

    “We already have The Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 1950 (Assam Act 13 of 1951) for protection of cattle. So, we know how to protect our cattle,” Congress spokesperson Bobeeta Sarma said.

    She asked the BJP to read the Act before doing politics on “Gaumata”, a word, she said, never used in Assam.

    “Cow smuggling has been on the rise during BJP rule in Assam. Lafiqul Islam, young All Bodoland Minority Students’ Union leader, was known to have been a whistle-blower of a cow smuggling racket involving powerful people. He was killed and till now, the BJP government has neither taken any action against the murderers nor have they been able to book the masterminds of this huge racket. So, the question arises — who is encouraging cow smuggling or protecting cows?” Sarma asked.

    The cow is an integral part of Assam’s agrarian economy. The first day of Rongali Bihu celebrated in April, is dedicated to the bovine creature.

    Assam shares a 262-km long border with Bangladesh. Cattle smuggling thrives in Dhubri and South Salmara-Mankachar districts bordering Bangladesh. It is often alleged that a section of the police and politicians is hand in glove with the smugglers. A cow smuggled into Bangladesh could fetch more than double its price in India.

    In October last year, Sonowal had called upon Assam’s indigenous communities and genuine Indians to stand united against “Mughal aggression”. His jibe was ostensibly directed at the minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), headed by Lok Sabha member Maulana Badruddin Ajmal. It was followed by Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s tough talk on “love jihad”.

    “Love jihad today assumes mountainous proportions before Assamese women and girls. They are falling prey to people believing in Ajmal’s culture and civilisation. There have been several instances where such youths married Assamese girls by hiding their religious identity and the girls faced a situation such as Triple Talaq soon after,” Sarma had then said.

    In the 2016 polls, the BJP had tried to scare the voters into believing that if the party was not voted to power, Ajmal would become the state’s CM and that it would stop the illegal influx of “Bangladeshis”.