According to Indian law, meat traders cannot slaughter animals like buffaloes at their shops. They can only source meat from a slaughterhouse. But, with a crackdown on slaughterhouses, traders – mainly of the Quresh community – have no source of meat and their businesses are suffering.

In this video, Nafees Chaudhary, a social worker describes the plight of meat traders. Mohammad Noor, a meat trader shows proof of his valid licence and wishes to restart his business. Munni Qureshi, a homemaker says that it's getting difficult for the Quresh community to survive in the given circumstances.

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