Principal sent to jail in Assam for bringing cooked beef to school
May 19, 2022  18:04
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The headmistress of a school in Goalpara district of Assam was arrested and sent to jail for bringing to school cooked beef for her lunch, officials said on Thursday. 

 The headmistress allegedly brought the cooked beef during the 'Gunotsav 2022', an exercise to evaluate the performance of the schools in the state, was underway between May 11 to May 14.

 She was taken to the police station on May 16. Consumption of beef is not illegal in Assam, but The Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021 bans cattle slaughter and sale of beef in the areas where Hindus, Jains and Sikhs are in a majority or within a five-km radius of a temple or satra (Vaishnavite monasteries) or any other institution as maybe prescribed by the authorities.
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