The Pouni Chak police on Tuesday (April 9) foiled bovine smuggling bid smuggling and rescued six bovines, seized a vehicle and nabbed an accused arrested by Police Post Pounichak under the Operation Kamdhenu.
On April 9, a team of Police post Pouni Chak headed by PSI Vijay kumar IC PP Pounichak has foiled bovine smuggling bid in which 06 bovines were rescued and 01 vehicles Mahendra bolero pickup bearing registration number JK02BM-2292 seized from Ranjitpura near SOS and accused drivers namely Mohd Farid @ Billu S/O Mohd Shafi age 27 years R/O upper Belicharana arrested on spot .
In this regard FIR has been registered under relevant sections of law.
Cattle theft, more commonly cattle raiding or cattle lifting, is a property crime in India. In the ancient and medieval era India texts, stealing cattle is described as a crime and sin, a motif that appears in Hindu mythologies.
In the colonial and postcolonial eras, it has been a common crime but one marked with contradictions. According to David Gilmartin, the crime of cattle theft was perceived by the colonial-era British officials as a “potential political danger” that threatened “to corrupt the whole structure of the administration, for its pervasiveness threatened to undercut the position of the state as the protector and legal guarantor of the individual as a productive owner of revenue-producing property”. In contemporary times, the demand for meat has led to cattle becoming a target of mass-theft. According to The New York Times and other sources, cattle theft for beef production is a lucrative business in India
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