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| Indian American wins suit against Iowa Dept. of Corrections for serving tainted vegetarian meals |
| By americanbazaaronline.com- Deepak Chitnis |
| Published: 03/20/2014 |
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WASHINGTON, DC: The taxpayers of Iowa are footing a $12,000 bill for the legal expenses of one Mahendrakumar Patel, who successfully sued the state’s Department of Corrections for using cooking methods that violated his religious beliefs. Patel, 46, is a life-long vegetarian, and is currently serving a 25 years prison term that began in 2006, after he was convicted of stalking and trying to kill his former girlfriend in the state capital of Des Moines (Patel has maintained that he was falsely convicted of the charges). Patel is an adherent of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan (BAPS), one of the many sects of Hinduism which believes very strongly that animals should not be harmed for human gratification. Read More. |
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