Slaughter houses ordered to be closed in Uttar Pradesh
In line with the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today ordered a blanket ban on cow smuggling and closure of slaughter houses across the India's most populous state.
Official sources in Lucknow, the capital of UP, did not specify the type of slaughter houses which will be shut, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
However, the BJP election manifesto had said that all illegal slaughter houses would be shut down and there would be a blanket ban on all mechanised slaughter houses.
BJP Chief Amit Shah had, during his election meetings in recent weeks, aggressively pitched for a ban on slaughter houses if his party comes to power in the state.
In his orders issued today, Adityanath also warned that those using police security as "status symbol" would come under the scanner and after a review of their threat perception their security might be changed.
Meanwhile, three meat shops were set on fire by a mob in Hathras town of Uttar Pradesh last night, NDTV reported.
The police said the shops were burnt by "anti-social elements".
"Unidentified persons set ablaze three shops selling fish and meat. An FIR (First Information Report) has been registered against them," said police officer Dilip Kumar Srivastava, according to NDTV.
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