India activist arrested for selling cow urine to combat virus

Many in India, a Hindu-majority nation of 1.3 billion, consider cows sacred and believe drinking cow urine is a panacea for all manner of ailments. AFP
Many in India, a Hindu-majority nation of 1.3 billion, consider cows sacred and believe drinking cow urine is a panacea for all manner of ailments. AFP

NEW DELHI – An activist with India’s ruling party has been arrested after a volunteer fell ill from drinking cow urine at a party to combat the novel coronavirus, police said Wednesday, as interest grows in home remedies amid the pandemic.

Narayan Chatterjee, a Bharatiya Janata Party activist, was arrested by West Bengal state police late Tuesday for “organising the cow urine consumption event and compelling a civic volunteer to drink cow urine,” Kolkata police chief Anuj Sharma told AFP. (AFP)

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