Premise: Indian troops were trained to bite the cartridges before loading their rifles, but some were greased with animal fat and the Indians felt they were ingesting either fat from the cow, sacred to the Hindus, or lard from the pig, abomination to the Muslims.

Hypothesis: Indian troops were trained to bite cartridges, but since some were greased with lots and lots of animal fat they felt they were ingesting substances against their religions tenements.
Relation: neutral