Cow Slaughter Accused

With the arrest of three accused, police claimed to have busted a UP-based cow-slaughtering gang active in Delhi-NCR, police said.

A man was beaten to death Saturday night allegedly by a group of vigilantes on suspicion of smuggling beef in Nashik district of Maharashtra.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to an accused booked under the cow slaughter Act, saying the evidence cited is shoddy.

Six people accused of cow slaughter were arrested after an encounter in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.

Police have arrested nine persons in connection with the death of two tribal men who were allegedly assaulted by a group of people over suspicion of cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district, an official said on Wednesday.

Two tribal men were beaten to death on suspicion of cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district. Another was left injured by the attackers, which numbered some 20, the police said.

Four police personnel have been suspended for allegedly trying to shield a cow-slaughter accused, an official said Saturday.

The Allahabad High Court on Monday expressed concern over misuse of the Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act and implication of innocent persons, pointing out "accused persons continue in jail for an offence that may not have been committed"

Over 140 people accused of rape, cow slaughter, kidnapping, illegal mining and other cases have surrendered before the Rampur district court in Uttar Pradesh between June 1 and July 15 amid a crackdown on suspected criminals, police said.

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati today ripped into the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh - where her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is the ruling party's ally - over a recent incident of accused in cow slaughter being charged under the National Security Act. She compared the Congress government with that of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and questioned, ...

Three persons have been arrested for cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh and charged under the National Security Act or NSA, a tough law used to detain suspects who threaten the country's security. This is the first incident after Congress government came to power in the state in which the police have charged the accused in cow slaughter under the NSA.

Nearly two months after a police officer was attacked and killed in mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandhshahr, his mobile phone was found on Saturday night at the home of the man who allegedly shot him dead.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday attacked the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over the invoking of the National Security Act against three people arrested in connection with an alleged cow-slaughter incident and asked why there was no action against those accused of killing a policeman.

Three people arrested for alleged cattle slaughter in Bulandshahr last month have been charged under the National Security Act, news agency PTI quoted top officials as saying today. The incident had spurred clashes in the area on December 3, leading to the death of a police officer and a civilian.

Yogesh Raj, the main accused in the December mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr in which a police officer was killed, has top billing in posters of the Bajrang Dal, a Hindu right-wing group greeting people on Makar Sankranti festival and Republic Day.

With the arrest of three accused, police claimed to have busted a UP-based cow-slaughtering gang active in Delhi-NCR, police said.

A man was beaten to death Saturday night allegedly by a group of vigilantes on suspicion of smuggling beef in Nashik district of Maharashtra.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to an accused booked under the cow slaughter Act, saying the evidence cited is shoddy.

Six people accused of cow slaughter were arrested after an encounter in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.

Police have arrested nine persons in connection with the death of two tribal men who were allegedly assaulted by a group of people over suspicion of cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district, an official said on Wednesday.

Two tribal men were beaten to death on suspicion of cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district. Another was left injured by the attackers, which numbered some 20, the police said.

Four police personnel have been suspended for allegedly trying to shield a cow-slaughter accused, an official said Saturday.

The Allahabad High Court on Monday expressed concern over misuse of the Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act and implication of innocent persons, pointing out "accused persons continue in jail for an offence that may not have been committed"

Over 140 people accused of rape, cow slaughter, kidnapping, illegal mining and other cases have surrendered before the Rampur district court in Uttar Pradesh between June 1 and July 15 amid a crackdown on suspected criminals, police said.

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati today ripped into the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh - where her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is the ruling party's ally - over a recent incident of accused in cow slaughter being charged under the National Security Act. She compared the Congress government with that of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and questioned, ...

Three persons have been arrested for cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh and charged under the National Security Act or NSA, a tough law used to detain suspects who threaten the country's security. This is the first incident after Congress government came to power in the state in which the police have charged the accused in cow slaughter under the NSA.

Nearly two months after a police officer was attacked and killed in mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandhshahr, his mobile phone was found on Saturday night at the home of the man who allegedly shot him dead.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday attacked the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over the invoking of the National Security Act against three people arrested in connection with an alleged cow-slaughter incident and asked why there was no action against those accused of killing a policeman.

Three people arrested for alleged cattle slaughter in Bulandshahr last month have been charged under the National Security Act, news agency PTI quoted top officials as saying today. The incident had spurred clashes in the area on December 3, leading to the death of a police officer and a civilian.

Yogesh Raj, the main accused in the December mob violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr in which a police officer was killed, has top billing in posters of the Bajrang Dal, a Hindu right-wing group greeting people on Makar Sankranti festival and Republic Day.