Te n s i o n p r e v a i l e d o n We d n e s d a y i n Pe r umbavoor, a satellite town of Kochi city, and surrounding areas following the sacrilegious act of slaughtering a pregnant cow inside the compound of the famous Sree Dharma Sastha temple there by three persons on Tuesday afternoon. Three taluks of Ernakulam di s t u v attupuzha , Ku n n a t h u n a d u a n d Kothamangalam - observed a dawn-to- usk shutdown on Wednesday as per a call given by Hindu organisations and Sangh ariwar outfits to protest against the gruesome slaughter of the pregnant cow by slitting the throat. The shutdown affected normal life in all the three taluks. Incidents of mild tonepelting were reported from some places. The police had on Tuesday itself taken three persons — Muhammad (49), his son Anas (23) and Razid (18) — into custody in connection with the cow-slaughter. One person managed to flee the scene.
The police registered cases against the three Muslims under Section 120b (criminal
conspiracy) and 153 A (inciting enmity between groups) of the IPC, police sources said. Investigations were on to find out if they deliberately wanted to create trouble, they added. A member of the Sree Dharma Sastha temple committee expressed suspicion that the slaughter was perhaps not meant for meat but to stir up tension. “If they wanted the cow for meat they could have simply stolen it. That they committed the heinous act right in front of the temple has only one explanation – their intention was perhaps to create trouble,” he said. As p e r pol i c e repor t s , Perumbavoor and the surrounding areas have witnessed a rise in Islamist operations recently. The place is just 25 km aw ay f rom Muv attupuzha , where activists of Islamist organisation Popular Front of India had cut-off the right hand of a college professor
July 4, 2010 alleging that he had b l a s p h e m e d P r o p h e t Muhammad through a test paper for students. The sacrilegious act of cow s l au g h t e r t o o k p l a c e l a t e Tuesday afternoon after the three persons reached the temple compound pretending that they wanted to give medicine to the cow which had developed some health problems two days ago. The cow had wandered into the temple area about two weeks ago. As news of the outrageous a c t s p r e a d , t h o u s a n d s o f Hindus including activists of Sangh Pariwar outfits rushed to the temple and blocked the evil-doers from escaping. The arrival of some members of
the Muslim community to justify the slaughter caused escalation in tension. One of
t h o s e a r r e s t e d w a s f r o m among those who came to justify the act, said protesters. The protesting devotees and local residents refused to allow the police to take away the evil-doers.
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