Indian state bans beef, introduces jail time for possession

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India's western state of Maharashtra has introduced a ban on beef so strict that even possession could land you in jail for five years, media reports and the chief minister said Tuesday.

The country's Hindu majority considers cows sacred, and several states already ban their slaughter.

But the latest measures in Maharashtra -- home to India's commercial centre Mumbai -- go even further, making sale or possession of beef an offence punishable by a five-year jail term or a 10,000 rupee ($160) fine.

The Indian Express newspaper said the measures became law after President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to a legal amendment passed by the state parliament two decades ago.

The measures include a ban on the slaughter of bulls and bullocks, hitherto legal with a vet's certificate, although it will still be legal to slaughter buffalo.

Maharashtra's chief minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted his thanks to the president, saying "our dream of ban on cow slaughter becomes a reality now".

Right-wing Hindu groups in India have long demanded a complete ban on the slaughter of all cattle, citing religious scriptures.

The main players in the beef industry are Muslims, the country's largest religious minority, who make up some 13 percent of India's 1.25-billion population.

Maharashtra state is ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in alliance with the far-right Shiv Sena party.

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Great now were going to get gastonj harping on about bent butcher friends of their prime minister

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Come to think about cows population will outwards humans, free milk, free transport, only work humans to clean cow dung’s on road ffs grow up.....

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Would I do that?

MEERUT: Villagers of Begrajpur in Muzaffarnagar grabbed a man and his wife on Thursday and handed them over to police, saying they had been killing peacocks. The couple had allegedly killed three peacocks. Policemen said a man who aided them in killing the birds is absconding.

The two have been sent to jail and charged under the Wildlife Protection Act. Three peacock carcasses recovered from them were sent to a laboratory for examination.

The suspicion of villagers was aroused on Thursday, when they found three people, all appearing to be in their 40s, lingering in the jungles near Begrajpur village. On approaching the three, villagers found that they had killed three peacocks. As the villagers drew near, the three attempted to flee. Villagers managed to nab two of them, but the third managed to get away.

Police said the two held were from Jholas village, which falls under Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida). They were identified as Chandrapal and his wife Kamlesh.

Mansurpur police station SHO Yogesh Sharma said, "The accused said they make indigenous medicines. Kamlesh is suffering from a respiratory disease. They may have killed the birds in a bid to extract whatever was needed for their medicines. They have been charged under the Wildlife Protection Act, and sent to jail."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Noida-based-couple-held-for-killing-peacocks/articleshow/46471784.cms

However I do recall some Indian politician once ran one over and rather than charge him and throw him in prison it was decided that the peacock committed suicide.