Kolkata: Man arrested for selling cow dung and urine in Hooghly district's Dankuni. Police says the accused is a milk trader and from Monday started selling the two bovine excreta claiming the products would ward off Coronavirus infection.
Mabud Ali was arrested by the Hooghly district police for "cheating and hurting religious sentiments". He said he took inspiration from the Hindu Mahasabha event on gomutra in Delhi.
At Ali's stall, one could drink urine of Indian cows at Rs 500 a litre and take the dung at Rs 500 a kilo which he on a table by the National Highway 19. The man claimed he got the idea from a gomutra (cow urine) party organised by the Hindu Mahasabha on March 14.
"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 Ali's stall, a litre of urine and a kilo of dung of the jersey cow came at a cheaper rate — 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.
