Butchers jail for illegally slaughtering cows in Gujarat

It is perhaps for the first time that butchers are given jail term by court for slaughter of cows.

PSI Sarvaiya raided illegal slaughter house in Gadar area and rescued 72 cattle including 32 calves. Police had filed case against 22 butchers and chargesheeted them in 2005.

A court in Mangrol this week gave three years imprisonment and Rs. 2500 fine to 22 convicts under IPS section 295(K), 429, 109, 114, and Animals cruelty act 11(D), BP act 119. Six convicts were dead during trial. The court of judge Agrawal has permitted 16 convicts to approach higher court till 30th of May.

A list of convicts

1. Suleman Mahida alias Khataro
2. Ibrahim Hussain Popat
3. Harun Musa Patlawala
4. Hanif Patel alias Gando
5. Suleman Musa Kala alias Langdo
6. Amad Hussain Dhameria alias Thandak
7. Amad
8. Harun Musa Haji
9. Yusuf Umar Chhabu
10. Faruq Amadbhbha
11. Amad Hussain Halani
12. Harun Amadbhabha alias Mamji
13. Hanif Hussain Hallani,
14. Ibrahim Ahmed Kalvat alias Vaghvo
15. Musa Hasam Bhabha alias Mamji
16. Muhammad Musa Hajiba
17. Kasam Musa Hajiba
18. Sulaiman Hussain Bobda alias Fodlo
19. Yusuf Musa Hajiba
20. Abdul Muhammad Mahida alias Khataro
21. Yusuf Muhammad Hakim Patel
22. Adam Ibrahim Kabal

Those six who died during trial

1. Kasam Musa Hajiba
2. Sulaiman Hussain Bobda alias Fodlo
3. Yusuf Musa Hajiba
4. Abdul Muhammad Mahida alias Khataro
5. Yusuf Muhammad Hakim Patel
6. Adam Ibrahim Kabal