A case has been registered under sections 299 (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class) and 325 (punishment for committing mischief by killing, poisoning, or rendering useless any animal) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, on the complaint by cow shelter manager Satnam Singh. On a call by various Hindu bodies, a bandh was observed in Phagwara to protest the incident. A large number of activists from Hindu bodies took out a protest march in various markets. Several Hindu leaders, including Inderjit Karwal of Shiv Sena, rushed to the gaushala and alleged that some miscreants had poisoned them and demanded they be arrested soon.Former Union ministers and BJP leaders Som Parkash and Vijay Sampla, AAP MP Raj Kumar Chabbewal, and some other leaders visited the cow shelter. Meanwhile, the sick cows are being treated by a team of veterinarians.
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