Slaughterhouse crackdown in Bihar: Seven illegal butcher shops shut down in Rohtas

New Delhi:

Seven illegal slaughterhouses were sealed in Bihar’s Rohtas district on Saturday. The move comes after the order of the Patna High Court to seal all illegal slaughterhouses in Rohtas within 6 weeks.

Following Uttar Pradesh’s footsteps on action against illegal slaughterhouses in the state, the Bihar government had sought reports from District Magistrates on the same on March 24.

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Minister of state for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday had said no “pressure or strike” can save illegal slaughterhouses from being shut down in the country.

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