India: Nayanayan Chatterjee, activist of the ruling party BJP, was arrested by police for selling cow urine at a "anti-nCoV" party.

Narayan Chatterjee, a Bharatiya Janata party activist (BJP), was arrested by West Bengal state police on charges of "organizing a cow urine drinking event to combat Covid-19" and leaving a volunteer ill later. When drinking this water, Anuj Sharma, the Kolkata city police chief, said yesterday.

"The volunteer fell ill on March 17 and filed a complaint with the police," Sharma said, adding that Chatterjee was arrested the same night.

Dilip Ghosh, chairman of BJP branch West Bengal, said that Chatterjee's arrest was "unfortunate". "India is a democratic country, everyone has the right to express their opinions," Ghosh said. "Unfortunately, Chatterjee was arrested for expressing his views when organizing the event. We do not know if the civil volunteers were forced to drink cow urine."

Many in India, a country of 1.3 billion people with a majority of Hindus, consider cows to be sacred animals and believe that cow urine is a "panacea", from arthritis, asthma to cancer. , diabetes.

Last week, dozens of Hindus held a party in the capital, New Delhi, during which they conducted a ritual of fire and drinking cow urine in earthenware cups against Covid-19.

Critics say the claim of drinking cow urine for healing is a hoax. A dairy seller in West Bengal on March 17 was also arrested for selling urine and cow dung with an ad saying they would "help stop nCoV", local police said.

This person sells cow urine for Rs 500 per liter (USD 6.7) and cow dung for Rs 400 per kg. He said he came up with the idea of selling urine and cow dung after hearing about the party.

India currently records 151 positive cases with nCoV, of which 3 have died. Most schools, entertainment centers in the country and even the Taj Mahal have been closed to prevent the spread of nCoV.