Acting on a complaint by an NGO, police raided a few mutton shops in Arsikere in Karnataka where butchers sold beef as mutton. Volunteers also rescued 13 calves from illegal slaughterhouse.
Varuna and Assi rivers, the tributaries of Ganga are extremely polluted due to untreated effluent in the form of animal carcasses, body and flesh being drained into the rivers
The tweet was posted in a thread where Sharma was discussing her recent Ground Report from Agra's Mantola. Sharma had reported how Hindus, who are in the minority in the area, "lack in resources and live in fear."