3 arrested for possession of beef in Maharashtra

Mumbai: Three people including the driver of NCP leader Ganesh Naik have been arrested by police for possession of 350 kg of beef.

Police and activists of People For Animals (PFA) raided a slaughterhouse in Bonkode area of Koparkhairane on Friday morning and recovered freshly killed cows and buffaloes.

All have been booked under sections of Maharashtra Animal Prevention Act.

The Maharashtra government had banned sale or possession of beef and imposed a five-year jail term for cow slaughter.

The ban had sparked protests from political and cultural outfits, who alleged it amounted to encroachment on individual choices and eating habits of a large sections of people, especially the minority communities.