India, March 21 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that repeat offenders involved in cow and bovine slaughtering and trafficking will be booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

Fadnavis was responding to a calling attention motion raised by NCP MLA Sangram Jagtap related to criminal cases against a local goon named Atique Qureshi, who, he said, was involved in many illegal activities, including cow slaughter and trafficking. He further said that the goon already has multiple criminal cases registered against him, so he needs to be now booked under stringent laws like MPDA or MCOCA.

In response, Fadnavis said that the police would be given instructions to book the repeat offenders in cases rela...