The Centre today sought active cooperation from states to prevent repeated incidents of violence against cattle traders in various parts of the country. <br/><br/>Responding to a Calling Attention motion in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Kiran Rijiju said that it is the primary responsibility of the state governments to prevent, detect, register and investigate crimes and prosecute criminals through their law enforcement agencies. <br/><br/>Mr Rijiju said the Central police forces are made available to states to maintain law and order as and when required. <br/><br/>The Minister said several instances of cow and beef transport related issues have been recorded in different states in 2015 and 2016. He said incidents have come down after NDA government came to power. <br/><br/>He further said that 13 instances had turned into Hindu-Muslim communal incidents in 2015 and eight in 2016. The Minister said cattle trading is not prohibited in the country but photographs of slaughtered animals should not be posted on social media sites. <br/><br/>He said it does not hurt BJP but certainly affects the nation. Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad alleged that several fringe groups have emerged in some states parallel to police and they are preventing the cattle trade. <br/><br/>He urged the Home Minister to tell states to put such elements under check.<br/>Initiating the discussion, Tapan Kumar Sen of the CPIM said the incidents of attack on cattle traders of minority community are aimed at narrow political gains. He said such incidents create anarchy in the society and divide people on communal lines. D Raja of the CPI said maintenance of communal harmony of the country of the Central government and it cannot escape it. Ghulam Rasool Balyawi of the JD(U) demanded a visit by a Joint Parliamentary Committee to Latehar in Jharkhand to take stock of the situation. In March this year, two cattle traders belonging to minority community were found dead which had caused tension in the area.