Babar's shocker about cow slaughter
Controversy over cow slaughter is increasing tempers among various sections of the people across the country. While Union Government led by PM Modi issued circular banning cow slaughter, opposition opposed it vehemently so much so that Congress party workers shocked all by butchering a calf in broad
day light
in Kerala. In the midst of all this Hyderabad High Court came with a sensational ruling on cow slaughter. Justice B Siva Sankara Rao of the Hyderabad High Court asked the state governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and stating that cow is a sacred national wealth and that it a substitute
to
mother and God,directed
the governments to make the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and IPC section 429 more stringent by making the offences under the Act non bailable
.He also said Moghul Emperor Babar prohibited the slaughter of cows as a religious sacrifice and even directed his son Humayun to follow this example.
He said even
Akbar,Jehangir
and Ahmad Shah prohibited cow slaughter. He said in Maharaja Ranjit singh's
kindgom
cow slaughter invited capital punishment. He also said Nawab Hydera
Ali of Mysore too made cow slaughter an offence
.