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    UP-police's idea to curb cow-related violence involves 'sabhas' and pledges

    UP-police's idea to curb cow-related violence involves 'sabhas' and pledges

    By Shalini Ojha
    Dec 14, 2018
    07:24 pm

    What's the story

    Earlier this month, violence in Bulandshahr sparked after alleged cow-slaughter snowballed into a controversy, and now Uttar Pradesh police have come up with a way to put that in check.

    Only instead of ensuring laws are followed and guilty brought to justice, the police officers are holding sabhas (gatherings) in villages and asking residents to pledge they won't kill cows.

    Here's all about it.

    Sabhas

    Cop tells villagers to ostracize those who kill cows

    A video has surfaced on social media which shows SHO Prem Chand Sharma of Meerut's Kithore police station addressing a gathering and making villagers pledge against cow slaughter.

    The villagers were told to alert officials about incidents of cow-slaughter and ostracize the ones who are guilty of it.

    They followed every word Sharma said who ended the pledge with 'Jai Hind, Jai Bharat'.

    The idea

    What police have to say about the sabhas

    While this practice is bizarre to say the least, UP police said it was meant to create awareness.

    SSP Meerut Prabhakar Chaudhary said police was asked to create awareness against cow-slaughter which is not only a crime but leads to unrest too.

    "The police teams have been coming up with new initiatives and the pledge campaign is part of it," he told TOI.

    Quote

    Top cop believes this will curb incidents in villages

    "The SHOs of police stations are being sent to villages for this cause. Cow slaughtering is a heinous crime and by organizing meetings with villagers such incidents can be curbed," said SP Meerut Rajesh Kumar.

    Twitter Post

    A video of one such sabha

    Post Bulandshahar violence, UP police is holding sabhas in villages and making people pledge against cow slaughter. The pledge aims at advising people to not only inform the police about cow slaughter in their area but also ostracize people involved in such activities. pic.twitter.com/XFLmVHYXgA

    — Piyush Rai (@PiyushRaiTOI) December 13, 2018

    Ire

    SP spokesperson says police isn't interested in catching culprits

    The police received flak over this idea. Samajwadi Party spokesperson Abdul Hafiz Gandhi said cow slaughter was a sin but the campaign shows police's laxity.

    "Police are not interested in arresting main culprits behind the Bulandshahr violence but here in case of a pledge, cops seem more enthusiastic," he said.

    However, BJP spokesperson said those who promoted cow slaughter won't like such campaigns.

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