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Three Youth Congress suspended in Kerala for slaughtering ox in public

by IBNS 29 May 2017, 09:40 am

Kannur, May 29 (IBNS) : Three Youth Congress workers have been suspended in Kerala for slaughtering an ox in public, media reports said.

According to reports the action has been taken after a video showing a group of men slaughtering an ox in public in Kannur went viral.

The group of young men shouted anti-Government and pro-youth Congress slogans.

The incident comes as an embarrassment for the Congress amid its political battle with the BJP that makes fierce attempt to become a potent political force in the state. 

The reports quoted police as saying that police have registered a case for creating public nuisance. 

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has condemned the incident. "What happened in Kerala yesterday is thoughtless,barbaric& completely unacceptable to me &the Congress Party.I strongly condemn the incident," he said in a tweet.