Animal sacrifice in Durga puja strikes no less shock and anger among many organizations and individuals across the state.
Dozens of buffalos and goats are being sacrificed in many temples in the name of Durga puja from Tuesday. A glimpse of the buffalos, goats, ducks and pigeons being kept for sacrifice at the historic Kamakhya temple premises really shocks the animal lovers. Same it is in many places where the same shocking tradition is allowed in Durga Puja.
“We are helpless. We have been dead opposed to the tradition of animal sacrifice. But the organizers have been refusing to read our campaign. This is a matter of grave concern,” said Shailen Saikia from Sivasagar district who has been campaigning againstanimal sacrifice.
Juli Chutia from Kakojan area in Jorhat told Assam Times that the people must understand the reality. “The things have undergone a sea change now. Everywhere change reigns supreme. But we don’t understand why we are still stick to this tradition. Our minds need to be changed.”
“It would take time to end the tradition of animal sacrifice. If 1000 buffalos and 5000 goats were sacrificed ten years ago, now 50 buffalos and 100 goats are being sacrificed,” said Pranjal Bora from Nagaon.
Bora who is running a non governmental organization told Assam Times over telephone that a massive campaign is the need of the hour againstanimal sacrifice which has yet to take place. “The campaign should have taken place at least 3 months before the commencement of the Durga puja. People from the nook and corner of the state should be aware of it. But I do hope that after 20 years the tradition of animal sacrifice would die down,” he said.
PermalinkSubmitted by amlesh on Wed, 21/10/2015 - 14:34
I think it is time to do away with animal sacrifice. It is a barbaric practise.It should stop both for hindu festivals as well as for other religions like for bakrid.
PermalinkSubmitted by Jaishankar Babu on Mon, 25/09/2017 - 13:38
About 150 years back it was a 'religious custom' in India to force widows to get burnt on their husband's funeral pyre (Sati) today we consider it a barbaric tradition. Similarly, years from now, our future generations will look back at us and call us barbaric.
A god who wants the blood of an innocent animal to satisfy him/her cannot be called a god. It can only be a devil/demon. Rather the people who sacrifice animals (be it Bakr Id or Durga Pooja) are devils who sully the name of their god with their crime of killing innocent animals.
Police have arrested three poachers in Darrang district on Thursday hardly 24 hours after a full grown rhino was killed in Kaziranga. Identified as Abdul Bareq, Noor Islam and M Islam, the trio were picked up during a joint operation at Borsola area in the evening. Police further claimed to have seized 2 rifles along with a grenade from their possession. They were held hardly a day after poachers killed a full grown rhino and took away the horn in Kaziranga.
A policeman lost his life when the vehicle carrying him alonp with his colleagues collided its head on a truck in Sonitpur district on Friday. Local police told Assam Times that the road accident took place in the wee hours when the scorpio vehicle carrying a few APBn jawans collided its head on a stranded truck in Biswanath Chariali when Gautam Gogoi died on the spot. His fellow passenger is battling for life in the hospital.
A mild tremor rattled Guwahati and its adjoining areas triggering no less panic among the people on Friday. The tremor was felt at 3.30 in the morning which lasted for nearly 25 seconds forcing a section of the Guwahatian4 to come out of the high rise buildings.
Poaching are back in Kaziranga a week after the forert guards killed two poachers in the world heritage site. Poachers have killed yet another rhino in the national park tn take its horn on Thursday. The forest guards discovered the animal at Agaratoli range in the wee hours. The poachers are believed to have struck on Wednesday midnight. The incident took place a week after two poachers were killed in gunbattle with the forest guards.
Guwahati police got remand of Rita Chauhan when she was produced before a local court on Thursday. Amid tight security Dispur police produced Anil Chauhan's wife before the Kamrup chief judicial magistrate seeking her remand for 5 days. The court then cleared 3 days remand for Rita Chauhan who is believed to have helped her husband carry out the notorious business. She surrendered before police on Wednesday two days after her husband was arrested.
Yet another former Congress minister is likely to hit media headline for his alleged link with the car lifters. According to information, he allegedly has been helping Anil Chauhan getting car pass from the Assam Assembly. “Allegations are there. Some evidences are also surfacing. But we need to examine the veracity of the evidence and allegations. We are in touch with the authorities to follow the development on every passing day. We would not step back,” said the official.
Delhi police are seeking transit remand of Anil Chauhan in connection with a number of car lifting cases three days after the car lifting kingpin was caught in Guwahati.A team of Delhi Police officers has been waiting in Guwahati seeking to grill Chauhan who is wanted in numerous car-theft cases in the national capital in the past several years.“We have already declared him a proclaimed offender in as many as 76 car-lifting cases,” said a senior police official in New Delhi.According to sources, Delhi police find it difficult to get Anil in transit remand right now. This has forced them to move the authorities seeking permission to grill him.
Many sensational revelations seem to have surfaced when police raided the rent house of Anil Chauhan on Thursday.Acting on Rita Chauhan’s confessional statement policemen conducted a raid at their Azara based rented house from Wednesday midnight.“We have gathered enough evidence during the raid which continued for several hours. These include fake driving license, some receipts, fake passports, fake number plates along with some other incriminating documents which we won’t reveal right now,” a senior police officials told Assam Times on condition of anonymity.Anil hails from Delhi while his wife Rita is from Assam.
Sensational revelations are coming up as a team of senior police officials are interrogating Rita Chauhan in connection with her alleged link with the car lifters.Sources told Assam Times that the kingpin Anil Chauhan’s wife is believed to have confessed their secret understanding with MLA Rumi Nath and his estrange husband Jackey Zakir who were arrested last week.Rita surrendered before the police on Wednesday to be grilled in Dispur and Azara police in connection with a number of car lifting cases.
In yet another damage repairing exercise hardly a year before the assembly polls, the Narendra Modi government has stalled the implementation of the Indo-Bangla land deal in Assam.According to home ministry sources the decision was taken after the prime minister listened to the north eastern party MPs who told him that the party would have to pay heavy price if the deal is implemented.“But it would be resumed after the assembly polls,” senior home ministry officials told Assam Times. The government is set to move it next week exempting Assam for the time being. Union Minister of State for HomeKiren Rijiju confirmed before the reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday saying...
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