Driver arrested for smuggling bovines

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 5: Police today arrested a driver for smuggling 9 bovine animals to Valley.
As per police sources, on specific information, a team from Jhajjar Kotli police station laid a naka near Suketar and intercepted a Srinagar bound truck bearing registration number JK01F-4262.
During checking, police rescued 9 bovine animals from the vehicle and arrested the driver, who has been identified as Shairaz Mohammad, son of Sadiq Malik, a resident of Kangan, Srinagar.
A case under FIR number 31/16 under Section 188 RPC and 3/5 PCA Act has been registered against the accused at police station Jhajjar Kotli and investigation started.
Police team led by SHO Jhajjar Kotli police station Inspector Ravinder Singh made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO Nagrota Bharat Bhushan Sharma, SP Rural Rajiv Pandey and SSP Jammu Uttam Chand.