Fake permission racket busted; 46 bovines rescued, woman among 10 arrested

Excelsior Correspondent

RAMBAN, June 15: Jawahar Tunnel Police busted fake permission racket and rescued 46 bovine animals vis arrested 10 persons including a woman.
As per police sources, on specific information a team from Police Post Jawahar Tunnel laid a naka and intercepted 5 Kashmir bound vehicles.
During verification, the drivers along-with their accomplices produced permissions issued by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Hiranagar. However, police got suspicious and the said permissions were verified with the concerned authority, wherein it was intimated that these permissions are forged and have not been issued by them.
During checking of vehicles, police team rescued 46 bovine animals from the vehicles and arrested 10 persons, who were identified as Mohd Sadiq of Garah Kumar Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua, Rashida Bano of Mela Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua, Ashiq Hussain Bhat of Karmail Tehsil Assar District Doda, Sajad Hussain of Garah Kumar Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua, Mohd Naseer of Batote District Ramban, Sarfaraz Ahmed of Garah Kumar Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua, Mohd Mansha of Jindrah Tehsil Dansal District Jammu, Mohd Farooq of Mela Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua, Jaffar Ali of Selkodi, Tehsil Majalta District Udhampur and Amjad Ali of Behaiya Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua (absconder).
Cases under relevant Sections have been registered at Police Station Banihal and investigation started.
Police team led by Incharge Police Post Jawahar Tunnel PSI Harish Kumar made the arrests under the supervision of SHO Banihal Inspector Muneer Khan, SDPO Banihal Nissar Ahmed Khoja and SSP Ramban Mohita Sharma.