The Chhattisgarh Government is enforcing the law to ban cow slaughter forcefully, officials stated.
About 1373 cases had been booked till date in connection with smuggling of animals. The Act came into force 12 years ago. About 30,922 animals had been saved and recovered from the smugglers.
It may be mentioned here that Chief Minister Raman Singh had enacted the law to ban Cow Slaughter in the first year of his first term itself. The smuggler of cows can be sentenced up to seven years imprisonment.
Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said that Chhattisgarh was the first state in the country to enforce the law in letter and spirit to ban the slaughter of cows and buffaloes. There is a provision to impose a penalty of Rs50,000 upon the violators of law.