Sale of meat of any kind was never an issue in the bi-weekly market of Madhupur on the southern edge of Biswanath Chariali town, the brother of a man who was assaulted by a mob on Sunday for allegedly selling beef, said. Biswanath Chariali, headquarters of Biswanath district, is about 240 km north-east of Guwahati. “Our father started running a rice-meal eatery at the Madhupur market every Thursday and Sunday more than 40 years ago. Mr. Sahabuddin, who lives in Kalakati village 15 km from Biswanath Chariali, admitted that the eatery has had beef on the menu for decades while letting customers bring home-cooked meat too. Biswanath Chariali falls under the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency, which goes to the polls with four other seats in Assam on April 11.

Source: The Hindu April 09, 2019 06:00 UTC