Two imprisoned for cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh

Muzaffarnagar: A court here has sentenced two persons to five-year imprisonment for slaughtering cows in Shamli district in 2007.

Additional district sessions judge Manoj Kumar yesterday convicted Israil and Monu and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each.

According to government lawyer Javed Ali, police arrested Israil and Monu during a raid and seized cow meat from their house in Azizpur village under Jhinjhana police station of Shamli district on August 20, 2007