BEEF TRADERS STILL FACE VIOLENCE, EVEN AFTER MAHARASHTRA OXEN AND BULL SLAUGHTER BAN
March 9th, 2015
While Indian meat dealers are struggling to overcome the newly imposed ban on oxen and bull slaughter in the western state of Maharashtra, they continue to face attacks on their cattle transport vehicles, globalmeatnews.com has been told. “In Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and other northern states, Hindu religious organisations are making it difficult for people to operate abattoirs and meat shops,” said Zafarul-Islam Khan, president of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, a Delhi-based religious organisation, “goons stop the cattle vehicles, beat up the drivers ...
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