Cow Smuggling

A local resident claiming to be the chief of a Hindu outfit offered money to two policemen on Twitter, asking them to lodge a case over cow smuggling. A senior police official said they will take legal action against the man for the slanderous post.

Four men from western Uttar Pradesh have been arrested at the Delhi border here on charges of beef smuggling, with the Noida Police considering invoking the stringent National Security Act (NSA) in the case

Five cattle smugglers were arrested from Gurugram near Delhi after a 22 km chase that involved the accused drivietheir truck with deflated tires and throw the animals out of the running vehicle as they were chased around the city.

A pick-up van driver transporting animal carcasses was brutally assaulted by a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Sunday night.

Three suspected cattle smugglers had allegedly entered the state from Bangladesh late on Friday night. When the trio entered a house of one Litan Paul to steal cows, the owner reportedly caught them in the act with the help of a neighbour.

Two men were thrashed in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district on Sunday on allegations of illegal trafficking in cow and carrying cow meat; one person, from Madhya Pradesh, died of his injuries, while the other is in hospital.

Himanta Biswa Sarma on the final day of his first assembly session after becoming Chief Minister of Assam this Monday said the government would take every action within the ambit of the constitution to protect cows in the state.

Two properties of Trinamool Youth Congress general secretary Vinay Mishra in Kolkata were searched by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday in connection with an ongoing probe into a cow smuggling racket in Bengal.

An 11-member "Special Cow Task Force" will be set up in all the districts across Haryana to stop cattle smuggling and slaughter, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar directed the officials concerned on Wednesday.

The Rajasthan High Court today ordered the scrapping of a police complaint lodged against Pehlu Khan -- a Muslim dairy farmer killed by a mob two years ago -- and his sons in a cow-smuggling case.

A contestant at the Miss Kohima pageant, held in the capital of Nagaland on October 5, had a message for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A man who was arrested in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Sunday night for allegedly smuggling cows was presented before a court and sent to judicial custody on Tuesday, police said.

The fourth accused has been arrested in connection with the mob attack of Rakbar Khan on the suspicion of cow smuggling in Rajasthan's Alwar district last year, police said.

A villager in Palwal district of Haryana was shot dead on Monday eveningin an incident the police say has no connection to cattle smuggling, despite the victim's brother alleging he was shot dead by cow smugglers who held a grudge

Over 140 people accused of rape, cow slaughter, kidnapping, illegal mining and other cases have surrendered before the Rampur district court in Uttar Pradesh between June 1 and July 15 amid a crackdown on suspected criminals, police said.

A local resident claiming to be the chief of a Hindu outfit offered money to two policemen on Twitter, asking them to lodge a case over cow smuggling. A senior police official said they will take legal action against the man for the slanderous post.

Four men from western Uttar Pradesh have been arrested at the Delhi border here on charges of beef smuggling, with the Noida Police considering invoking the stringent National Security Act (NSA) in the case

Five cattle smugglers were arrested from Gurugram near Delhi after a 22 km chase that involved the accused drivietheir truck with deflated tires and throw the animals out of the running vehicle as they were chased around the city.

A pick-up van driver transporting animal carcasses was brutally assaulted by a group of villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Sunday night.

Three suspected cattle smugglers had allegedly entered the state from Bangladesh late on Friday night. When the trio entered a house of one Litan Paul to steal cows, the owner reportedly caught them in the act with the help of a neighbour.

Two men were thrashed in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district on Sunday on allegations of illegal trafficking in cow and carrying cow meat; one person, from Madhya Pradesh, died of his injuries, while the other is in hospital.

Himanta Biswa Sarma on the final day of his first assembly session after becoming Chief Minister of Assam this Monday said the government would take every action within the ambit of the constitution to protect cows in the state.

Two properties of Trinamool Youth Congress general secretary Vinay Mishra in Kolkata were searched by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday in connection with an ongoing probe into a cow smuggling racket in Bengal.

An 11-member "Special Cow Task Force" will be set up in all the districts across Haryana to stop cattle smuggling and slaughter, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar directed the officials concerned on Wednesday.

The Rajasthan High Court today ordered the scrapping of a police complaint lodged against Pehlu Khan -- a Muslim dairy farmer killed by a mob two years ago -- and his sons in a cow-smuggling case.

A contestant at the Miss Kohima pageant, held in the capital of Nagaland on October 5, had a message for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A man who was arrested in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Sunday night for allegedly smuggling cows was presented before a court and sent to judicial custody on Tuesday, police said.

The fourth accused has been arrested in connection with the mob attack of Rakbar Khan on the suspicion of cow smuggling in Rajasthan's Alwar district last year, police said.

A villager in Palwal district of Haryana was shot dead on Monday eveningin an incident the police say has no connection to cattle smuggling, despite the victim's brother alleging he was shot dead by cow smugglers who held a grudge

Over 140 people accused of rape, cow slaughter, kidnapping, illegal mining and other cases have surrendered before the Rampur district court in Uttar Pradesh between June 1 and July 15 amid a crackdown on suspected criminals, police said.