Mumbai, May 25 -- Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar today wrote a letter to the state Director General of Police and the Mumbai Police Commissioner, ordering them to take all preventive measures to stop any possible incidents of illegal cow slaughter or illegal cattle transport during Bakri Eid festival on May 28.
The Speaker's letter has ordered the police to ensure stringent implementation of the state's cow slaughter prohibition law and highlighted Malegaon-Nashik, Ahilyanagar, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Satara, Dharashiv, Dhule and Solapur as sensitive areas requiring special vigilance.
He has instructed local police to intensify patrolling, curb illegal cattle transportation as well as maintain law and order during the Bakr...