Tension in MP over bullock slaughter

BHOPAL: Tension prevailed in the sensitive Ganjbasoda area in Vidisha district on Tuesday after an unruly mob protested the slaughter of a bullock in Nataren police station limits and torched some houses of the minority community.
The carcass of the bullock was discovered early on Tuesday, a day after Eid-ul-Zuha, according to the police.
Vidisha district had witnessed communal disturbance in January last year following an incident of cow slaughter.
IGP (law and order) M R Krishna said trouble started after villagers from Sev, 40 km from Vidisha town, found the carcass. "The bullock''s ears seemed chopped off and it died as a result of blood loss," Krishna said.
The villagers then blocked the roads demanding that the culprits be brought to book. The roadblock continued for an hour. A case was then registered against unknown persons under the MP Krishi Sangrakshan Adhiniyam and the Cow Protection Act.
Despite registration of the case, the mob went on a rampage, ransacking some houses of the minority community. According to sources, the mob torched at least ten houses.
Two companies of armed police have been rushed in to control the situation.
On January 23, the Madhya Pradesh government had passed an Ordinance banning cow slaughter.