JAIPUR: The state government had set-up 12 special check posts in Alwar and Bharatpur for cow protection with an aim put to a leash on cattle smuggling and stop cow vigilantes. Yet, neither the cattle smuggling nor violence by cow vigilantes have ebbed in the state.
The Rajasthan police in 2016 had set-up six 'cow posts,' each in Alwar and Bharatpur districts, to prevent the smuggling of bovine and clashes between transporters and local vigilantes; which now is being listed as one of the major achievements of the BJP government in the state.
While the cow protection tops the state government's priority, incidents like Pehlu Khan (50) a dairy farmer from Haryana who was lynched at Behror, Alwar in April this year, on allegations of cow smuggling and murder of one Ummar Khan, who was shot dead by alleged cow vigilantes earlier this month, indicates that nothing much has been done to rein in cow vigilantes.
The numbers also indicate that despite specialised 'cow posts,' the cases of cow smugglings have not dipped. In Alwar district, 160 cases of Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughterand Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act were registered, and 226 alleged cow smugglers were arrested. In 2016 , while the police registered 117 cases it arrested 246 smugglers. The state government, had touted these check posts as its major milestone in cow protection.
In Bharatpur, the police registered 65 cases of bovine act in 2015, in 2016 the figure jumped to 71. In Alwar, these 'cow posts,' are located in Chikani, Natni, Alawara, Jaroli, Naswari and Amlaki villages. In Bharatpur, these check posts were set-up in Pastamod, Dhamari, Sikri, Sonakhar,Khoh, and Amruka Chaurah.
Sources informed TOI that many a times even the police takes help of the cow-vigilantes. "These check-posts were set-up so that cow vigilantes do not take law into their hands, they share the information with the police and we take action against them,''said an official.
The Rajasthan police in 2016 had set-up six 'cow posts,' each in Alwar and Bharatpur districts, to prevent the smuggling of bovine and clashes between transporters and local vigilantes; which now is being listed as one of the major achievements of the BJP government in the state.
While the cow protection tops the state government's priority, incidents like Pehlu Khan (50) a dairy farmer from Haryana who was lynched at Behror, Alwar in April this year, on allegations of cow smuggling and murder of one Ummar Khan, who was shot dead by alleged cow vigilantes earlier this month, indicates that nothing much has been done to rein in cow vigilantes.
The numbers also indicate that despite specialised 'cow posts,' the cases of cow smugglings have not dipped. In Alwar district, 160 cases of Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughterand Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act were registered, and 226 alleged cow smugglers were arrested. In 2016 , while the police registered 117 cases it arrested 246 smugglers. The state government, had touted these check posts as its major milestone in cow protection.
In Bharatpur, the police registered 65 cases of bovine act in 2015, in 2016 the figure jumped to 71. In Alwar, these 'cow posts,' are located in Chikani, Natni, Alawara, Jaroli, Naswari and Amlaki villages. In Bharatpur, these check posts were set-up in Pastamod, Dhamari, Sikri, Sonakhar,Khoh, and Amruka Chaurah.
Sources informed TOI that many a times even the police takes help of the cow-vigilantes. "These check-posts were set-up so that cow vigilantes do not take law into their hands, they share the information with the police and we take action against them,''said an official.
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