Three Arrested Under Beef Ban Law In Maharashtra

27 March, Mumbai

Maharashtra Police registered its first case against three local residents of Malegaon in Nashik district under the amended law banning beef and prohibit cow, bull, calf and bullock slaughter in state.

A case under the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act was registered against three local persons Thursday , who are absconding. Working on a tip-off, police seized two heads of slaughtered calves after raiding an abandoned shack in Azad Nagar police station.

Police informed that search operation has been launched against the absconding trio. Though police expects to get more details about the origins of the meat after it arrests the accused, samples of the seized beef were sent to Mumbai for laboratory tests.

The three have been booked under the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act, which came into place on March 4, 2015.

Under the amended law, even the slaughter of bulls, calves and bullocks is a criminal offense liable with punishment up to five years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000. Cow slaughter is banned in the State since 1976.