New Delhi: Expressing dismay at the alleged inaction of provincial authorities, the Supreme Court today asked each state to appoint a senior police officer in each district as nodal officer to take action against cow vigilantism.
The Centre contended that it was a law and order problem and a state subject.
States, it submitted, are not taking adequate action against anti-social elements who are taking the law into their own hands.
Efforts shall be made to stop vigilantism.
It questioned, ‘Why can’t states take action?’ A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, sent out the directive while hearing a plea filed by Sehzad S Poonawalla, seeking to stop cow vigilantism.
