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Biryani beef ban: Indian police check Mewat rice dishes | Biryani beef ban: Indian police check Mewat rice dishes |
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Police in the north-western Indian state of Haryana will check dishes of mutton biryani to ensure they do not contain beef, a senior official has told the BBC. | |
A vet will help officers inspect the mixed rice dish in Mewat district, Haryana Cow Service Commission Chairman Bhani Ram Mangla said. | |
India's Hindu majority see cows as a sacred animal but many other Indians eat the meat. | India's Hindu majority see cows as a sacred animal but many other Indians eat the meat. |
Beef is banned in Haryana. | |
"We have been getting lots of complaints that beef is mixed in the biryani in Mewat district so I have ordered the police to physically check the biryani sold in eateries there," Mr Mangla told the BBC World Service's Amitabha Bhattasali. | "We have been getting lots of complaints that beef is mixed in the biryani in Mewat district so I have ordered the police to physically check the biryani sold in eateries there," Mr Mangla told the BBC World Service's Amitabha Bhattasali. |
Meat samples would be sent to a laboratory for testing, he said. | Meat samples would be sent to a laboratory for testing, he said. |
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Mewat, located 100km (62 miles) from the Indian capital Delhi, is a predominantly Muslim area and has seen communal riots in the past. | Mewat, located 100km (62 miles) from the Indian capital Delhi, is a predominantly Muslim area and has seen communal riots in the past. |
A special police task force has been set up in Haryana to prevent cow slaughter and cow trafficking. | |
Volunteers are also being trained to keep watch in remote villages whether anyone is slaughtering a cow. | Volunteers are also being trained to keep watch in remote villages whether anyone is slaughtering a cow. |
Nooruddin Noor, a member of the Mewat Bar Association and a prominent social activist, said the idea that Muslims in Mewat were putting beef in mutton biryani was a "baseless allegation". | Nooruddin Noor, a member of the Mewat Bar Association and a prominent social activist, said the idea that Muslims in Mewat were putting beef in mutton biryani was a "baseless allegation". |
"It's an attempt to disturb the communal harmony we have here in Mewat," he said. | "It's an attempt to disturb the communal harmony we have here in Mewat," he said. |
"Biryani has been sold in our district for ages. They never mix beef. However if the police wants the check, we don't have any problem." | "Biryani has been sold in our district for ages. They never mix beef. However if the police wants the check, we don't have any problem." |
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