Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur
Puttur, Oct 12: The house and the surrounding premises of the cattle shed belonging to Shivaprasad, an accused in an illegal cattle transport case reported on October 5, have been seized, police said.
The seizure was carried out on October 8 in connection with Crime No. 125/2026 registered at Puttur Rural police station. Shivaprasad, a resident of Devasya in Aryapu village of Puttur taluk, allegedly sold cattle kept at his house illegally without the necessary documents and permissions, police said.
Acting on information that cattle were being illegally transported towards Kerala, Puttur Rural police station sub-inspector Sushma G Bhandari and her staff conducted an operation near Beliyurkatte in Balnadu village on October 5. During the operation, they intercepted a pickup vehicle and found 11 cattle packed inside it in a cruel manner. When the police stopped the vehicle, the driver and another person fled the spot. A case was registered at Puttur Rural police station on the grounds that the cattle were being transported towards Kerala for sale for meat without the required permits.
The two accused who had escaped during the police operation in connection with the cattle transportation case were subsequently taken into custody by Sampya police, and a case was registered against them. Police had conducted a mahazar at the house of Shivaprasad, who allegedly sold cattle without a permit. As the investigation progressed, police arrested Shivaprasad, a resident of Aryapu, on charges of selling cattle without the necessary permission.
Continuing their efforts to trace the pickup driver and the other person who had fled, police took two more accused into custody and registered a case against them. They were Haspar alias Ammi, a resident of Saroli, and Ibrahim Madala, a resident of Sattikallu in Kedila village.
Following a mahazar at the house owned by Shivaprasad at Devasya in Aryapu village, police seized the property in accordance with the prescribed procedure over the allegation that he had sold cattle without the required permits.