Bengal: Man arrested for selling cow dung, urine as coronavirus drug
Bengal: Man arrested for selling cow dung, urine as coronavirus drug
A milk trader was taken into custody on Tuesday for selling cow dung and urine in Hooghly district’s Dankuni, about 20 km from Kolkata.
Identified as Mabud Ali was arrested by the Hooghly district police for ‘cheating and hurting religious sentimennts’.
Mabud has on Monday started selling the two bovine excreta claiming the products would cure Covid-19 infection. He stated that he took inspiration from the Hindu Mahasabha event on gomutra in the national capital.
At Mabud’s shop, one could drink urine of Indian cow at Rs 500 per litre and take the dung at Rs 500 per kilo.
Mabud had displayed packs of cow dung and jars of cow urine on the table by the NH-19 that connects Delhi and Kolkata. The man claimed that he got the idea from a gomutra party held by the Hindu Mahasabha on 14th March.
"Drink cow urine and ward off coronavirus," said a poster pasted to the table. "I have two cows -- one Indian cow and the other a jersey cow. I earn my living selling milk. So, after I saw the gomutra party on television, I realised I can make more profit by selling cow urine and dung. Now, I can utilise every part of cows in my business," said Ali.
However, in his shop, a litre of urine and a kilo of dung of a jersey cow came at a cheaper price Rs 300. "A Jersey cow is not a pure breed like Indian cow. So, its urine also is not that much in demand," he said.
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