Meo community leaders want cow smugglers to face complete social boycott

Meo community leaders have asked for social boycott of cow smugglers after several incidents of cow smuggling in Mewat area of Rajasthan were reported.

The community leaders have demanded that girls should not be married in the families of those who have cow smugglers, neither should they be invited to social gatherings.

The recent incidents of cow smuggling has also led to a growing suspicion amongst people living in Mewat area. That includes people from Alwar, Bharatpur and Haryana community in Rajasthan.

There are 40 lakh people from the Meo community who live in this area. Due to those belonging  from community who indulge in cow smuggling, people from the Muslim The District Meo Panchayat of Alwar district has decided to boycott cow smugglers.

"Incidents of cow smuggling are coming to the fore one after another in Mewat", said Sher Mohammad, District Mev Panchayat, Alwar.Alwar district Mev Panchayat has appealed to the people to stop cow smuggling.

But despite that, several incidents of cow smuggling are still being reported. The Mev Panchayat has also asked people in Palla village in Haryana's Nuh area to boycott cow smuggler who was caught on Monday. If they don't boycott the smuggler, the entire Palala village may face boycott.

"Subedar Khan and Deendar Khan, responsible for cow slaughter of 36 cows in Rewara village's Raghunathgarh in Ramgarh region had to face social boycott," mentioned Sher Mohammad of District Mev Panchayat in Alwar.

There have been several cases of cow smuggling in Rajasthan's Alwar district in the recent past. In Rajasthan's Alwar itself around 354 cases of cow smuggling were recorded in the last three years in which 556 smugglers have been arrested so far.

In 2015, there were 160 cases of cow smuggling, in which 226 people were arrested, whereas in 2016, 117 cases were recorded in which 248 people were arrested. In 2017, 77 cases were filed till October in which 82 people have been arrested.