India police seek cow 'mugshots' to enforce beef ban

[Windjammer]

Police in a west Indian township have asked cattle owners to supply photographs of their animals to help enforce the state's tough new ban on beef, an officer said Wednesday.

Nearly 100 farmers and other owners in Malegaon have so far complied with the request for mugshots along with a dossier on the cows, said Sunil Kadasne, additional superintendent of the city.

"After the new law, commercial slaughter has largely stopped but this program will help us to stop all killing by helping trace any animal thefts faster," Kadasne told AFP.
The Maharashtra state government introduced a tough ban in March on killing and selling cows, while even possession of beef could land you in jail for five years.

Cows in Hindu-majority India are considered sacred and several other states also ban their slaughter.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh told spiritual leaders on the weekend that his Hindu nationalist government would try its "level best" to introduce a nation-wide ban through consensus.

Kadasne said the request for information on cows, which includes supplying purchase records and reasons for ownership, were also aimed at defusing possible tensions between Muslims and Hindus in the area, which has a history of communal violence.
"Once we get most of the cattle recorded, it will be easy to squash complaints looking to create communal mischief," Kadasne said.
Malegaon is about 270 kilometres (170 miles) northeast of state capital Mumbai.
Last month, northern Haryana state also toughened its beef ban, including jail terms for selling cow meat.

India police seek cow 'mugshots' to enforce beef ban | Daily Mail Online

 

[Sine Nomine]

Next Cow ID cards

,hoof,dewclaw prints(finger prints).

 

[scholseys]

Van-guarding the Gao Mata

 

[bongbang]

This is epic scenario. Mocking religions. By making ludicrous things great.

 

[nair]

I guess it is time to have a sticky on Cow slaughter ban in India........

 

[Windjammer]

I guess it is time to have a sticky on Cow slaughter ban in India........

Yes, that way, Indian members can keep updating the thread with pictures of new calves so nothing escapes the dedicated and duty bound law enforcement agencies.

 

[ranjeet]

Didn't knew ban on cow slaughter would affect people outside India.

 

[Sine Nomine]

@ranjeet mate you are back!

 

[ranjeet]

@ranjeet mate you are back!

yup.

 

[Sine Nomine]

yup.

welcome

 

[ranjeet]

welcome

cheers man.

 

[Ragnar]

Cows will get aadhar cards and will be eligible to vote soon.

 

[slapshot]

Cows will get aadhar cards and will be eligible to vote soon.

Yeah and then they will select their real cow PM candidate and not the one faking it

 

[skyisthelimit]

Why are others having problem with COW ban in India? What will you do if your neighbor cooks pork in Pakistan? Do you expect us to comment if you have Blasphemy laws which are used in all kinds of ways from personal revenge to enmity?

 

[mb444]

This is the funniest thing I have heard ..... Can anyone really tell the difference between two cows from a mugshot if they are same colour size ect ..... Will these cows also be able to apply for passport ..... Will these be biometric passports? I would visit India just to see this.

Why are others having problem with COW ban in India? What will you do if your neighbor cooks pork in Pakistan? Do you expect us to comment if you have Blasphemy laws which are used in all kinds of ways from personal revenge to enmity?

Don't know about pakistan but I can tell you no one in Bangladesh would give a crap what ones neighbours cooks and eats. Why should they and how and what reason is there to know? What business is it of anyone's what somebody else eats.

It takes a special kind of idiot to come up with that kind of thinking.