This statistic shows the number of cases of cattle smuggling reported at the India - Bangladesh border between 2015 and 2017. In 2017, there were nearly 18 thousand cases of cattle smuggling reported.
Cow slaughter is forbidden in most parts of Hindu-majority India. However, since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, Hindu nationalists have led a political campaign to enforce a ban on cow slaughter and stop cattle smuggling. This has led to an increase in cow vigilantism (known as "gau-rakshak"). The government of India has also been accused of obfuscating the data on cow smuggling in order to maintain their demand for continued cow vigilance.
Registered cattle smuggling cases along the India-Bangladesh border from 2015 to 2018*
*The data in this statistic is based on information given by the Government of India in response to a question posed in a parliament session in August 2018. It has not been verified by external agencies.
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Human Rights Watch. (February 15, 2019). Registered cattle smuggling cases along the India-Bangladesh border from 2015 to 2018* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/978557/cases-of-cattle-smuggling-at-the-border-india/
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