Like eating steak? That'll be five years in the slammer thanks

Indian president approves ban on beef in Maharashtra – The Express Tribune:

"Indian President Pranab Mukherjee approved on Tuesday the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 1995, banning the slaughter of cows and bulls and threatening to imprison for five years anyone found to be selling the meat or in possession of it.

“This is a historic step, which has cultural as well as economic implications for the state,” BJP MP from Mumbai Kirit Somaiya said.

Nearly 19 years after the Maharashtra Assembly passed the Bill during the BJP-Shiv Sena rule in 1995, Mukherjee signed the Bill and sent it to the Ministry of Home Affairs, according to Indian Express.

“We had promised in our manifesto to bring this Bill and we have managed to do it,” the MP added.
Under the bill anyone found to be selling beef or in possession of it can be jailed for five years and fined INR10,000 [$150]."



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