Gyan Dev Ahuja, BJP MLA

Jaipur, December 25

Rajasthan’s ruling BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja has said if anyone indulged in cow smuggling or slaughter, he would be killed. Ahuja’s threat came in response to an alleged cow smuggling incident in Alwar district on Saturday.Not stranger to controversial statements, Ahuja had previously claimed that the premier Jawaharlal Nehru University was a hub of sex and drugs rackets, where 3,000 used condoms and 2,000 liquor bottles were found daily. On Saturday, an alleged cow smuggler was caught, while two of his associates managed to escape in the Ramgarh area of the district, which often witnesses violence by cow vigilante groups.The man caught was allegedly beaten by local residents. However, Ahuja claimed the accused was injured after the vehicle in which he was allegedly smuggling cows overturned.“Three men were smuggling cows. When police chased them, they tried to escape through narrow lanes of a village and the vehicle overturned leaving one of the smugglers injured. Two others managed to escape,” the Ramgarh legislator claimed.He said people resented cow smuggling and slaughter. “There is anger among people against cow smugglers because they smuggle cows, because they open fire at police when they try to stop them. They also take roads through villages in Alwar to escape to Haryana and pelt villagers with stones,” he said.Ahuja said there had been a sudden spurt in incidents of cow smuggling of late. — PTI