Coimbatore: Five men, including three truck drivers, a cleaner and a truck owner, were arrested on Friday night for illegally ferrying cattle to Kerala.
Madukkarai police arrested Eshwaran R, the owner of a truck that was carrying 23 cows to Palakkad from Salem on Friday night. The truck was passing through S R Petrol Bunk near Bodipalayam, about 5km from the Madukkarai police station on the L&T Bypass Road. A police team conducting vehicle check had apprehended the vehicle.
The driver of the truck, Selvaraj S and cleaner Sagul Ahmed were arrested later. Selvaraj, a native of Anaimalai, has been driving the truck for the last 18years while Sagul, from Kanthaperumbu, has been the cleaner for 10 years.
The cattle were transported from Omalur Sandhai in Salem to Kulalmannam in Palakkad, police sources said.
Meanwhile, Karumathampatty police arrested drivers of two trucks from Andhra Pradesh that were carrying 57 buffaloes to Palakkad. The trucks were stopped at the Kaniyur Toll Gate where police were carrying out vehicle check.
Ramesh P, a native of Vijayawada and Mohammed Jiyavul Rahman, a native of Krishna in Andhra Pradesh, were arrested. Police are on the lookout for the truck's owner, Ramesh Babu Rao, a resident of Vijayawada.
The buffaloes were kept in the Vellingiri Goshala. Police has booked the three under Sections 11(1)(a), 11(1)(b), 11(1)(e), 11(1)(h) of the Prevention of Animal Cruelty Act 1969 and 96 and 98 (1) and transport of animal rules and MV Act.
Madukkarai police arrested Eshwaran R, the owner of a truck that was carrying 23 cows to Palakkad from Salem on Friday night. The truck was passing through S R Petrol Bunk near Bodipalayam, about 5km from the Madukkarai police station on the L&T Bypass Road. A police team conducting vehicle check had apprehended the vehicle.
The driver of the truck, Selvaraj S and cleaner Sagul Ahmed were arrested later. Selvaraj, a native of Anaimalai, has been driving the truck for the last 18years while Sagul, from Kanthaperumbu, has been the cleaner for 10 years.
The cattle were transported from Omalur Sandhai in Salem to Kulalmannam in Palakkad, police sources said.
Meanwhile, Karumathampatty police arrested drivers of two trucks from Andhra Pradesh that were carrying 57 buffaloes to Palakkad. The trucks were stopped at the Kaniyur Toll Gate where police were carrying out vehicle check.
Ramesh P, a native of Vijayawada and Mohammed Jiyavul Rahman, a native of Krishna in Andhra Pradesh, were arrested. Police are on the lookout for the truck's owner, Ramesh Babu Rao, a resident of Vijayawada.
The buffaloes were kept in the Vellingiri Goshala. Police has booked the three under Sections 11(1)(a), 11(1)(b), 11(1)(e), 11(1)(h) of the Prevention of Animal Cruelty Act 1969 and 96 and 98 (1) and transport of animal rules and MV Act.
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