A Congress legislator has written to Chief Minister Kamal Nath demanding the setting up of an SIT and transfer the Khandwa district collector for invoking National Security Act (NSA) on three persons accused of cow slaughter.
Legislator from Bhopal Central assembly segment Arif Masood, in his letter sent on Friday, termed the NSA move as one-sided, adding that the kin of the three accused had met him and had alleged that the collector had not heard their side.
While talking to media persons, he said cow slaughter was shameful but reiterated that the collector's move to invoke the stringent NSA was unjustified. He demanded constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the case and the collector's transfer in order to have a fair probe.
He stated that the side of the accused should have been heard before invoking NSA. Masood claimed minority community leaders from different parts of the country have also spoken to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in this regard.
Earlier last week, authorities had slapped NSA on three accused, identified as Shakeel, Nadeem and Azam, for allegedly killing a cow at Khandwa, and jailed.