Cow puja attempted in front of CM’s residence alleging protecting beef eaters. Police arrested them for not taking prior permission.

Eight members of Bharata Seva Sena attempted to perform cow puja in front of the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s residence in Mysore, demanding implementation of sale of cow for slaughter in the State also.

They alleged that the CM was protecting beef eaters. Police arrived on the spot and arrested them for not taking prior permission for staging protest by way of conducting cow puja. The cow brought by them was handed over to its owner. They were later released.

The Environment Ministry had put restrictions on the sale of cattle and has banned the slaughter of cows across India. 

The Ministry issued a gazette notification ‘Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017’. Accordingly, the cows cannot be sold unless the person has a written document furnished by the animal market committee that the cow is being sold or purchased for agricultural purpose only and not for slaughter.

The classification of cattle also includes ‘bovine animals’ – bulls, cows, buffaloes, steers, heifers, calves and camels. The notification states that ‘A marketplace or sale yard or any other premises or place to which animals are brought from other places and exposed for sale or auction and includes any lairage adjourning a market or a slaughterhouse.

Reacting to the news of Centre banning slaughter and sale of cows, Karnataka Chief Minister had said that the state has not received any such notices so far.