A principal of a government school in Jharkhand was arrested today on charges of hurting the religious sentiments of a particular community by cooking beef inside the school premises, police said today. According to a Hindustan Times report, her aide, one Birju Hansda, who ostensibly supplied the bovine meat to her at the school, too was arrested.
Following the arrest, the police sent the duo to jail after they were produced before the chief judicial magistrate’s court. The meat was sent to lab to ascertain whether it was cow, oxen or buffalo meat, said Pakur deputy commissioner Dilip Kumar Jha, according to the HT report.
“It was not mutton for sure,” he added. The action was taken against the principal Rosa Hansda based on complaints lodged by students on June 16. The principal was accused of cooking the meat at the school’s kitchen where mid-day meals for students are cooked.
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After receiving complaints from students, a team of circle officer and cops to the school at Malpahadi was sent to look into the allegation. Prima facie, the team found students’ allegations to be true, the DC said.
Earlier this month, an FIR was lodged against Jamshedpur-based college professor Jeetrai Hansda for proposing to host a “beef party” in his Facebook post. The Jharkhand government had introduced the Prevention of Cow Slaughter Ordinance in 2005. Later, it was made an Act, which carries a penalty of Rs 5,000 and imprisonment of up to five years or both for offenders.
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Frequent protests by far-right Hindu groups demanding a complete ban on beef, coupled with raids conducted by cow vigilantes have caused unrest in several parts of the state, especially Dhanbad and Giridih.
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