Animal activists confront police on camel slaughter
Volunteers of PFCI claimed that around 15 camels were brought into Chennai
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-10-06 06:13 GMT
CHENNAI: A group of volunteers from People for Cattle India (PFCI) had a stand-off with police personnel at Washermanpet police station on Sunday following the police's lethargic reaction to rescuing camels brought into the city for Bakrid.
Volunteers of PFCI claimed that around 15 camels were brought into Chennai and were set to be slaughtered at Washermanpet.
"The transport department, in response to an RTI petition, clarified that it had not allowed any transportation of camels into the state while the corporation has confirmed that no camels would be slaughtered in any of the slaughter houses in Chennai," says Arun Prasanna of PFCI.
"The question is, how did these camels come inside and how are they going to be butchered?" he said. The PFCI volunteers managed to file a Community Service Register (CSR) with the police.
"The police refused to file a complaint, citing communal and religious reasons. We argued with the police for three days to file a complaint, but to no avail," he says.
"There is no need to file an FIR as there was no violation. The locals were called for a meeting and instructed to slaughter the camels in a closed environment and not in open places," he said.