Chhattisgarh BJP leader Harish Verma who was arrested after the death of nearly 300 cows at his cow shelters routinely sold dead cattle to butchers and traded in their skin and bones, according to police. The state’s Gau Sewa Ayog (official body for bovine welfare) levelled this allegation against Verma in its complaint to the police. “The Gau Sewa Ayog’s allegation was found to be true,” Durg inspector general of police Deepanshu Kabra told HT on Saturday. All three cow shelters functioned with funding from the Gau Sewa Ayog. The Gau Sewa Ayog has alleged that the money was not used in the cow shelters.

Source: Hindustan Times August 26, 2017 10:30 UTC