Goats slaughtered in front of Jain Derasar in Gopipura, Surat

Surat

Goats were slaughtered in front of Jain Upashraya in Gopipura area of Surat on Monday. The incident hapened near Kazi Maidan where Samruddhi apartment, Navkar apartment, Ambika apartment and Meghganga apartment are situated along with two Jain Upashraya.

One Rizwan had called butchers to his house and managed open slaughter of goats keeping the gate of his house open to public view.

One teen-age Hindu girl who incidentally watched this scene was so frighten that she fainted when returned to home.

As local people gathered outside Jain Upashraya after this incident, Athwa Police also rushed to the place and detained Rizwan and a butcher. Police booked house owner for breach of notification, as he had not informed police about Rizwan whom he had rented his house.

It has to be mentioned that two Jain Upashraya in Gopipura area have suffered stone pelting from local Muslims in the past as Jains in this area prefer to not to sell their property to Muslims here for obvious reason that Jain Derasar and Upashraya are located here. While Jains believe in non-violence and compassion towards all including animals, Muslims slaughter animals for food.