Hyderabad, April 29 -- The Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) wings have demanded that the state government immediately shut down the slaughterhouses across Hyderabad, and to strictly enforce highway checks, to prohibit the killing of cows and healthy bulls in view of the Bakrid festival to be celebrated by Muslims next month.

Desi Gau Vamsha Rakshana Samvardhana Samithi, which is a cow protection wing of VHP, has submitted representations to Hyderabad and Cyberabad police commissioners on Tuesday, April 28, demanding that the state government implement the Telangana Prohibition of Cow Slaughter and Animal Preservation Act of 1977.

In a statement to the media on Tuesday, the cow vigilantes of VHP alleged that cows were being slaughtered unin...