The Haryana Government will soon bring in a legislation to check incidents of cow slaughter, Chief Minister Manohar lal said on Monday.
"Efforts will be made to bring a Bill in this regard in the next session of the State Assembly," the Chief Minister said after meeting people in Yamunanagar.
“Cow slaughter has become not only a common but a serious problem especially in bordering areas of the State especially in Yamunanagar and Mewat areas,” an official said.
Yamunanagar, which is situated on the Yamuna bank, about 10 kms from Uttar Pradesh border and adjoining Himachal Pradesh, has been facing the problem of smuggling of cows to Uttar Pradesh for a long time.
About 45 kms stretch of the Yamuna goes dry for about eight months in the year here which facilitates smugglers to use this stretch to smuggle cows and oxen towards UP and then slaughter them. Similar things happen in the adjoining areas of Mewat in southern part of Haryana.
To check cow smuggling and slaughtering, besides the State Government’s efforts, the local people have formed their own social groups to protect the bovines. Members of “Go- Raksha Samiti” in Yamunanagar and maha panchayat and Sant Gopal Das in Jhajjar district are proactive.
last year, 116 cases were registered under the Cow Slaughter Act out of which the police claimed to have solved 98 cases in Yamunanagar alone with the help of this Samiti there.
Similarly, maha panchayat of 40 villages in Badli Assembly segment in Jhajjar district has also banned cattle traders of Mewat and Uttar Pradesh from entering their villages. They have even started night patrolling at their own to stop them.
A nationwide campaign has also been started under the leadership of Sant Gopal Dass, who has been demanding for a strict law against cow slaughtering in the State.
District Yamunanagar and Jagadhari have witnessed many social conflicts due to smuggling of cows and attempts of some organisations to check it.
The Nashik police arrested five men from Haryana, carrying stolen bulls in a tempo, which proves that such stolen cattles are also sent to Maharashtra for sale there. In the month of September, police caught most of the cattle thieve gangs from Mewat in southern Haryana.
Incidentally, even in the sensational Dhaula Kuan gang rape case of Delhi it was alleged by the police that the victim was assaulted by a gang of cattle thieves who had entered the Capital from Mewat with the intention of stealing cattle.
The Haryana Government has deputed an ADGP operations-2, V Kamaraja to look into cow slaughter issue. In 2013, 31 cases were registered in the Yamunanagar district out of which 23 were solved, said police.