Summary:
Sources said that police have registered a case against them under various provisions of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, Food Safety and Standards Act, Arms Act, Environment Conservation Act and the relevant sections of IPC. The Mantola slaughterhouse is non-operational as a case pending in the National Green Tribunal. UPPCB had in 2016 recommended that Mantola facility should be shut down as it was causing pollution and inconvenience in a densely populated area.” “Local butchers can either go to Kuberpur or approach licensed private facilities for slaughtering animals. Hence, poor butchers are forced to operate in their private concealed barns. Probably that’s why they were using a private barn to slaughter animals.”AMC chief veterinary officer Yogesh Sharma said, “There is only one government slaughterhouse in the district at present..