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NSA against 11 for ‘cow slaughter’ in UP’s Budaun

The Budaun district authorities have recommended slapping the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on 11 men arrested in connection with alleged cow slaughter. The accused had been held earlier this month but the nod for NSA came on Friday. So far, NSA has been invoked against 23 people in Budaun this year, 21 of them were booked for cow slaughter.
NSA against 11 for ‘cow slaughter’ in UP’s Budaun
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BAREILLY: The Budaun district authorities have recommended slapping the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on 11 men arrested in connection with alleged cow slaughter. The accused had been held earlier this month but the nod for NSA came on Friday. So far, NSA has been invoked against 23 people in Budaun this year, 21 of them were booked for cow slaughter.
This comes four days after the Allahabad HC expressed concern over misuse of UP’s Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act “against innocent persons”, and questioned the credibility of evidence submitted by police.
Budaun falls under Bareilly police range where 38 people have been slapped with this stringent law and stands first in the state in the number of NSA cases. Under the law, an accused can be detained for up to a period of one year, subject to review by a high court every three months.
According to officials, the 11 men – identified as Qaiser Ali, Munawwar, Manne, Zaribul, Aabad, Kasmuddin, Fakruddin, Niyaz Mohammed, Sakruddin, Asluddin and Taufeeq – were arrested while allegedly slaughtering cows in a sugarcane farm near a village in Binawar police station area in Budaun on October 8. The accused, allegedly linked to an illegal meat supply racket, were then produced in a local court and sent to jail, they said. They were booked under IPC’s section 307 (attempt to murder) and sections 3/5/8 of the Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act.
Budaun SSP Sankalp Sharma told TOI, “The accused were running a slaughtering and packaging unit of cow meat in Binawar and opened fire on the police team. Most of them are repeat offenders and have been caught in the past as well. Their act was a threat to communal harmony in the area as it may have ignited violence between two communities. So far, we have invoked NSA against 21 people for cattle slaughter and two for heinous crimes.”
A relative of one of the accused, who wished not to be named said, “Three persons were arrested from their house and later they were shown as accused in an encounter. Police seem to be working on the instructions of politicians.”
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