16 arrested, multiple illegal slaughter sites uncovered across Assam: CM

NEW DELHI: Assam main curate Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Sunday expressed superior interest implicit reports of amerciable cattle slaughter during the Eid-ul-Zuha celebrations crossed the state, informing that strict enactment would beryllium taken against violators, careless of their religion oregon background.Taking to X, the main curate said, "While our Constitution guarantees the close to spiritual freedom, it arsenic upholds the regularisation of instrumentality and nationalist order. This Eid-ul-Zuha, disturbing incidents of amerciable cattle slaughter and betterment of cattle parts were reported from aggregate locations crossed Assam."

According to details shared by the main minister, 5 abstracted cases involving the betterment of cattle parts were reported from areas including Cotton University successful Kamrup (Metro), Dhubri, Hojai, and Sribhumi (Bagargool).

Additionally, 5 amerciable slaughter sites were uncovered, 3 successful Cachar territory (Gumrah, Silchar, and Lakhipur) and 2 successful Karimganj (Badarpur and Banga).As portion of the crackdown, 16 radical person been arrested, 9 from Cachar and 7 from Sribhumi."We are committed to preserving communal harmony, but not astatine the outgo of lawlessness oregon cruelty. Please beryllium wide that Strict enactment volition beryllium taken against each violators — irrespective of religion oregon background," Sarma added.

State beef prohibition and enforcement measuresThe crackdown comes amid Assam's ongoing enforcement of the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, passed successful 2021, which prohibits cattle slaughter successful the state. Last year, the authorities authorities went a measurement further by announcing a broad prohibition connected the depletion of beef successful nationalist places, including restaurants, hotels, and nationalist functions.Speaking connected the argumentation displacement successful 2024, Sarma had said, "Earlier, our determination was to halt eating beef adjacent temples, but present we person expanded it to the full state. So you volition not beryllium capable to devour it successful immoderate assemblage place, nationalist place, edifice oregon restaurant."He besides claimed the 2021 authorities had been palmy successful curbing cattle slaughter and stressed that the extended restrictions purpose to beforehand bid and forestall communal tensions.