Meo Muslims want countrywide ban on cow slaughtering

Meo Muslims, a community of mainly the dairy farmers, want cow to be declared as the national animal or a countrywide ban on its slaughtering in the wake of lynching of a man by cow vigilantes on suspicion of cow smuggling.

The Meo community, which has a population of 60 lakh spread over in parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, has called a meeting of its core committee on May 8 to discuss the issue in the wake of the lynching of 55-year-old Pehlu Khan last month by a group of cow vigilantes.

"The government should either declare cow as the national animal or ban cow slaughtering across the country, Sher Mohammad, head of the Meo Panchayat-Alwar told

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