LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh minority welfare and urban development minister Azam Khan has asked Modi government to enact a law putting complete ban on cow slaughter, beef and products made out it.

In a statement, Khan said “it was the responsibility of the central government to see that from now onwards the price of beef is not written in the menu of any five-star hotel”. “We have demanded that the Centre frame a law and impose a ban on cow slaughter specially in Northeast states,” he said.

Khan also said that all leather products and medicines made from cow flesh and skin should be banned. Those who are not ready to remove these items from their hotels or shops must be considered guilty of cow slaughter and punished accordingly,” he said.