Assam Police arrest three in Jorhat after finding beef in their possession
It is the first such incident in Assam when police arrested someone for carrying beef for consumption.
According to reports, Shah Jamal Haque, Abdul Rahman and a minor boy were arrested by Jorhat police on charges of carrying beef openly in Jorhat town.
On Wednesday, of the accused, the adults were sent to 14-day judicial custody while the minor was sent to an observation home by the Jorhat CJM court.
Police had seized nearly half a kilogram of beef from the accused persons, who had bought it from a slaughterhouse in the upper Assam town for consumption.
According to reports, the accused, who worked at a private industrial training institute in the town were booked under section 295 (A) of IPC and section 568 of the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 1950.
Meanwhile, Jorhat police has initiated a probe concerning the legal status of the slaughterhouse.
Assam became the first saffron state in north-east India after the BJP emerged victorious in the 2016 state assembly poll by winning 60 seats alone in the 126-member state assembly.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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