Daijiworld Media Network - Moodbidri (SP)

Moodbidri, Jun 17: Theft of cows has become a regular affair in the city and surrounding villages since long. Dairy farmers, who raise loans and buy cows with the hope of generating some income for the family, are overwhelmed by a sense of insecurity now as the thieves of cows go undetected and unpunished, and the thefts are continuing to happen regularly. The dairy farmers have been lamenting about the inability of the legal system to come to their aid and provide them justice.

A local breed cow that had been tethered to enable lit to graze in Golya area near Swarajya Maidan in the city was stolen at around 2 pm on June 14. Another cow of jersey breed that also had been grazing along with the previous one, came running back to its cattle shed. Apparently a strong rope was tied around its neck and an attempt to drag it away was made but it had succeeded in escaping and running home to safety. Asha, to whom the two cows belonged, grew suspicious on seeing the jersey cow coming back home, and rushed to the spot where the other cow was tethered to find that it had been taken away by thieves.

Asha and her husband, Dinesh Nayak, told the media persons that they had been raising the cows by taking loans. They explained said that they expected to get some income by selling milk generated from the cows to the dairy. "We depend on on the income generated out of dairying for family maintenance, payment of school fee and other expenses of children and other domestic expenses. We have now been spending sleepless nights since sometime as we are afraid of our cows being stolen from the cattle shed at night," they lamented.

About a week back, a milching cow which belonged to Ramesh Nayak had been stolen from Ontikatte by the side of Ring Road near Swarajya Maidan. On June 14, a gang which arrived at Gandhinagar here in an Omni car had taken away a cow owned by Janaki. A few days back, a cow belonging to Shobha from Gandhinagar here had been stolen from the spot where it was tethered. In all these cases, owners of the animals have filed complaints in police station.

The owners of lost cow expect the investigating officers to solve the theft cases early and do justice to them. Will it happen or not is a question that is to be answered by the police department.