153 tons of cow meat seized from Noida

Case ID : 5954b05 | Location : Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Fri, 8 November, 2024
Case ID : 5954b05
location Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
date 8 November, 2024
153 tons of cow meat seized from Noida
Undecided cases
Cow smuggling and/or slaughtering

Case Summary

Police seized a truck carrying 153 tons of beef on November 9, 2024. The driver claimed that the truck carrying the beef had come from West Bengal. The police arrested Puran Joshi, cold storage’s owner; Khushruddin Nabi, director; Akshay Saxena, manager; Shiv Shankar, truck driver; and Sachin Kumar, the helper. The accused were selling the cow meat by packaging it as 'Buffalo Meat.' A meat sample was sent to a laboratory in Mathura which confirmed that it indeed was cow meat. All the accused were booked under Section 325 (mischief by killing or maiming animal), 61(2) (criminal conspiracy), 318(4) (Cheating), 328(4) (Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Cow slaughtering Act at Dadri police station.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

The cow is considered sacred in the Hindu religion. Often, cows are slaughtered by non-Hindu perpetrators as a mark of insult to the Hindu faith. There have been several documented cases throughout history where cow slaughter is used as a method to insult the Hindu faith, convert Hindus (by force-feeding beef) and desecrate temples. In all cases of cow slaughter, there is a suspicion of religious animosity against Hindus working as a motivating factor, however, in the absence of any concrete indication, this case is being categorised as 'Undecided'. If more details emerge, it would be added to the hate crime database.

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Arrested

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Perpetrators Details

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Others

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From 2 To 5

Perpetrators Gender


female

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