NEW DELHI: Over-zealous organisations or outfits taking law in their own hands in the name of 'cow-protection' must be strongly acted against and dossiers should be prepared of the members of such outfits, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Sulkhan Singh has said in an order on Monday to all district police chiefs in the state.In a five-point order, the DGP has said no organisation has the right to take law in their own hands when it comes to stopping incidents of alleged cow-smuggling or doing 'moral policing' by troubling consenting couples including on occasions like Valentine's Day or resorting to violence in incidents of religious conversions. The state has been in the news for the wrong reasons lately with right-wing outfits indulging in violence in the name of cow-protection."It is being seen that some persons/outfits in the name of cow-protection act over-zealously and take law in their own hands without informing the police first (also in cases of cow-smuggling). This is a totally illegal practice and leads to situations of law and order as they resort to beating up the occupants of the vehicle carrying the animals, block roads and resort to arson," the DGP has said in his orders.The DGP has said some incidents have also come to light where members of certain outfits beat up couples sitting in public places and parks in the name of moral policing. "Some outfits also take law in their own hands in incidents of religious conversions or on occasions like Valentine's Day. All this is unlawful," the DGP has said.The orders to district police chiefs are that police should remain alert to cow-smuggling and stop it by developing local intelligence. "We should contact the outfits indulging in above-mentioned activities and tell them that they do not have the right to take law in their own hands. Their members doing such activities should be acted against strongly and their dossiers prepared. FIRs should be registered if any outfit takes law in their own hands," the DGP has said in his orders.