ECHOING WHAT its predecessor — the BJP government — did over the last 15 years, the new Congress regime in Madhya Pradesh has invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against three persons arrested on charges of cow slaughter in the communally sensitive Khandwa town. AdvertisingThe police booked the accused, Nadeem, Shakeel and Azam, under the MP Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act but later invoked the NSA, which allows preventive detention for a longer period. The carcass of a cow was recovered from the spot, said Moghat police station in-charge Mohan Singore. Ahead of the assembly elections in October, the Congress and BJP had traded charges over the depleting number of cows and proliferation of slaughter houses in the state. AdvertisingLast week, Chief Minister Kamal Nath announced that 1,000 government-run cow shelters will be set up in the state within four months.

Source: Indian Express February 05, 2019 22:51 UTC