Silvester D'Souza

Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)

Kundapur, Oct 4: In spite of various measures undertaken by the police and other authorities, theft of cattle has been rampant in coastal districts of Karnataka. A few days back, an incident in which miscreants had forcibly taken away a cow loitering by the roadside from Neralakatte near here had been captured by CCTV camera. Even though the police had registered this case, there has been no progress in the investigation.

Now, a similar incident has happened again at Ampar in the taluk. The theft has been recorded in the CCTV camera installed in a petrol bunk there.

Screengrab from CCTV footage

A car came to a stop at the said petrol bunk at Ampar during late night hours on Thursday October 3. A cow living by the roadside was lying down on the ground at the petrol bunk. The camera has recorded the people who came in the car forcibly stuffing the cow into the car. As soon as the car moved ahead, a lorry reached there and stopped on the road. The car went one round and moved behind the truck, as per the recording in the CCTV camera.

It looks as if the cow would have been loaded onto the truck from behind. A local, Prasannakumar, has filed a complaint stating that his cow has been stolen, based on which Shankarnarayana police have registered a case. Investigation has been launched.

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