Three Youth in Manipur Slaughters Cow, Abuse Manipur CM; Arrested By Police

Imphal : Three people have been apprehended by the Manipur Police on cow slaughtering charges over the flag of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Imphal, the capital city of Manipur.

Apart from cow slaughtering charges, they have also been accused of abusing the Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren along with State BJP President A. Sharda.

The accused have been identified as Nazbul Hussain (38),son of Akbar of Lilong Tolenkhun, Abdul Rashid (28), son of Md Abdul Rahim of Lilong Chabok Ipham and Arif Khan (32), son of Md. Yakub Ali of Lilong Heinou Makhong. All of them hail from Lilong in Thoubal district in Manipur.

A video clip that captured the incident went viral on 30 January, after which the police filed a suo motu complaint against the individuals. Subsequently, all of the accused got detained by the police on January 31.

Currently, the three accused individuals have been remanded in police custody so as to carry out further investigation of this case.

They were arrested and booked under various sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. They have also been accused of defaming the two public leaders along with jeopardizing the religious harmony among the people of different religious faiths.

According to reports, the youth slaughtered a cow on a BJP flag after a candidate whom they were allegedly supporting was denied a BJP ticket.

In the 29-second video, a group of youth, presumably Muslims, numbering around 10, were seen slitting the throat of the bovine on a BJP flag.

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