Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath ordered officials on Wednesday to enforce a ban on the smuggling of cows in the state.
Adityanath also directed police officials to prepare an action plan for the closure of illegal abattoirs, news agency PTI reported.
The 44-year-old Adityanath is the head priest of Gorakhpur’s influential Gorakhnath shrine. Also, he is a five-term parliamentarian from Gorakhpur and considered a hardline Hindutva leader.
After his swearing-in as the Uttar Pradesh CM, police launched a crackdown on slaughterhouses.
