Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)
Kundapur, Jul 21: In an operation conducted by the staff of rural police station at Kandlur near here, a pick-up vehicle carrying 27 heads of cattle illegally was intercepted by the police on Friday July 21 morning. The police took into possession of 27 cattle which were crammed into the vehicle. However, one of the cows was found to have died because of inhuman conditions in which the animals were loaded into the vehicle.
The cattle traffickers wanted to clandestinely take the cows to slaughterhouses by taking cover under pitch dark conditions of the night. The police succeeded in stopping the vehicle and rescuing the cattle found inside from near Gulvadi village in the taluk. But the persons who were transporting the cattle managed to escape.
Personnel of Kandlur police station got information at around 2 am on Friday that cattle were being transported illegally through Gulvadi road. The police immediately went there and raided the spot. It is said that the miscreants, sensing the raid, abandoned the vehicle and ran away. It is said that out of 27 cattle which were stuffed into the crammed space inhumanly, one cow died.
It is suspected that the cattle were being taken to Mangaluru from Mavinakatte here. The police said that they will entrust these cattle to the care of cow shelter. A case relating to the incident stands registered in Kandlur rural police station.