Mathura: 11 arrested after meat alleged to be beef found near eidgah

Eleven persons were arrested after meat alleged to be beef was found in a plot near an eidgah on Barsana Road in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district on Sunday, PTI quoted the police as saying.

The person accused in the matter had allegedly slaughtered an animal belonging to the cow family in the empty plot on Saturday evening. After this, residents allegedly found an animal’s head and pieces of meat there, the news agency reported.

Eidgahs are open-air enclosures reserved for Eid prayers that are usually situated outside a city or in its outskirts.

The persons arrested in the matter were identified as Saqir, Sohil, Intezaar, Ansar, Pintu, Asin, Sunny, Usman, Firoz, Farukh and Shekhar, PTI reported. They are residents of Jain Gali in Mathura’s Govardhan area.

After the incident, members of the Gau Rakshak Dal and other Hindutva groups held a protest at the site, Senior Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar told PTI.

“We reached the spot and pacified the crowd,” the news agency quoted Kumar as saying.

A first information report was registered under sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act against 24 identified persons and 50 unidentified individuals.

The senior superintendent of police told PTI that the samples of meat found at the site have been sent to a forensic...

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