Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)
Bantwal, Nov 17: A team of police personnel from Vittal station conducted an operation at Salethur near Vittal on Wednesday November 16 night based on reliable information about illegal cattle trafficking. They took into possession 9 she buffaloes and 7 bullocks which were reportedly loaded in a container truck for being taken to Kerala. The container vehicles was also seized during the raid.
Fateeb (28) from Kavali near Nanjangud, who happened to be the driver of the container, Rahiman from Kesur Kechchattalli near Belur in Hassan district, and Gopal Gowda from Koppalu Kallare Kataya were arrested relating to this crime.
The police got information that the cattle, which were bought from farmers from Hassan, were being taken to a slaughterhouse in Kasargod. The animals were found to have been tied together in an inhuman and torturous manner inside the container. All the four legs and skull portions of the animals had been tied tightly. The policemen have estimated the value of the cattle so seized to be around Rs 80,000 and of container vehicle, Rs 4 lac. The cattle were being taken from Hassan towards Kerala through Bolantoor and Manjeshwar.
Vittal police station officer Prakash Devadiga led the raid.