Overview

• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has directed district officials to draft a Standard Operating Procedure banning cow sacrifices within 5 km of religious sites during Eid under the Assam Cattle Preservation Act
• More than 60 people have been arrested in sensitive districts including Dhubri, Goalpara and Lakhimpur for illegal cattle slaughter and disposing of beef near places of worship
• The government has ordered a state-wide survey of Village and Professional Grazing Reserves to identify encroachments and secure grazing lands
• Sarma criticized past lapses in law enforcement that allowed beef disposal close to Hindu worship sites to fuel communal tensions
• He claimed hundreds of social media accounts run from Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Middle East have promoted hate campaigns and informed the Centre for further action