Now, BJP leader protests against feeding beef to Tigers at Zoo
Guwahati: A BJP leader from Assam, Satya Ranjan Borah led a small group of protesters on Monday to block the gates of Guwahati Zoo as vehicles carrying beef for tigers were trying to pass. The protesters demanded a ban on cow slaughter wherein the Tigers at the zoo are also not served with Beef.
The protesters shouted slogans demanding a carpet ban on cow slaughter.
Zoo authorities managed to disperse them with help from the police, official sources said.
"In Hindu society, we give importance to the protection of cows, but it is the staple food for carnivores in the zoo and part of government supply. Our objection is - why serve beef? Why not other meat?" Mr. Borah asked reporters.
The BJP leader then offered a "solution".
"The zoo's sambar deer population is so much that the males have to be kept separately (to slow down breeding). The zoo can achieve self-sufficiency if sambar deer meat is used to feed the carnivores," he declared.
"The vehicles carrying meat were stopped briefly by miscreants. We called the police to disperse them. Food for carnivores is recommended by the Central Zoo Authority. As per the law, we cannot give the meat of zoo animals to the carnivores. Also, sambar deer is a wild animal and we cannot kill wild animals," Tejas Mariswamy, Divisional Forest Officer, under whom jurisdiction of the zoo falls, said.
Incidentally, sambar deer are listed as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and are protected under Schedule-III of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
