ahmedabad around two months before the eid aladha or bakra eid the gujarat police came up with the decision to slap pasa prevention of antisocial activities act charges against those caught more than once for slaughtering of buffaloes and their progenyaccording to a circular issued on may 11 by the dgp cid crime to all police commissioners and sps the decision has been taken because buffaloes are also considered as bovine under the gujarat animals preservation act 1954it has been noticed that pasa proposals are issued to detain the offenders who are involved in slaughtering of cows and their progeny but generally no such proposals of pasa are issued for the offenders who are involved in butchering of buffaloes it appears there is some misunderstanding on issuing proposals under the pasa due to this there is a need to clarify the gujarat animals preservation act 1954 said the circularaccording to the act bovine include bulls bullocks cows male and female buffaloes and buffalo calvesearlier pasa charges were slapped on those involved in illegal slaughtering of cows and they were detainedcid crime in charge inspector general crime1 unit parikshita rathod who has issued the circular told toi that the representatives of certain communities were sending proposals to act against people involved in illegal slaughtering of buffaloes after receiving such proposals we decided that pasa can be slapped against those offenders as buffaloes are also bovine under the gujarat animals preservation act rathod told toion the timing of the notification ahead of the bakra eid festival she said nothing like that the decision was taken independently