Mohan Kuthar

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Nov 12: Hindu activists intercepted a truck carrying cattle to Kochi near Thokkottu. It is learnt that the cattle in the said truck were being taken to a cow shelter at Kochi as per the order of the court. This incident happened during the late night hours of Wednesday November 11.

These cattle had been released by Yellapur court and were being taken to Kochi Ashram. The activists handed over the cattle to the Ullal police. Later, the police who went through the copy of the court order, sent the vehicle away.

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Some people who saw that the cattle were being taken in an Eicher truck, had conveyed information to Hindu activists here. A few young Hindu activists stopped the truck near Thokkottu. It is learnt that they also abused the driver in filthy language. Even though the driver showed to them the order of the court, the youngsters went ahead and handed over the lorry to the Ullal police.

On reaching the police station, the police found that the driver had an order issued by the Yellapur court for releasing the cattle. Thereafter the police sent the vehicle away. The driver who had to go through this ordeal unnecessarily, went back, undergone traumatic experience because of the moral policing.