‘Increasing bovine smuggling serious issue’
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 14: Senior BJP leader and former Mayor of Jammu, Rajinder Sharma expressed serious concern over the criminal activities in Jammu region and flayed the nexus between some police personnel and mafia lifting bovine animals even from cattle sheds in the residential areas.
After meeting a delegation of Jagti people here, today, who complained lifting of their cows from their homes at night by a group of 15 to 20 men who were armed with rods and sharp edged weapons.
Sharma said that the mafia involved in the lifting of cows and other animals at night is very much active in Jammu and they even steal the animals from cattle sheds in residential areas where these animals are tied. He said recently such incidents were reported from a Gowshalla in Bishnah area and Samba recently also giving rise to lot of public resentment.
“The mafia has spread its activities across Jammu and the recent incident where in three cows were stolen from a home in Nagrota area is very shocking,” he added.
He said the visiting people informed him that that when the concerned higher officers warned the SHO of the area to trace the cows or face action, the cows were recovered within 24 hours.
“This raises eyebrows as there is a nexus between certain police personnel and mafia lifting cows,” Sharma further said.
He also said that the number of cows lifted so far is not clear and questioned why some police inspectors are repeatedly posted as SHOs in certain police stations while there are many efficient officers with the Police Department.
Sharma said that if the practice of posting certain inspectors as SHOs in certain police stations is not stopped, the mafia-cops nexus will not end.
He sought the immediate intervention of LG, Manoj Sinha in the matter.
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