Beef banned in Maharashtra, 5 years jail for slaughter

 

The bill banning the cow slaughter in Maharashtra, pending for the last several years, received the President's assent, the state finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said on Monday March 02,2015

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis too expressed happiness over President Pranab Mukherjee's decision to give assent to the bill.

The punishment for the sale of beef or possession of it could be 5 years imprisonment with an additional fine of Rs 10,000.