Man who tried to stop cattle trafficking assaulted

Mangaluru: A youth from Surya village in Belthangady taluk, who had tried to stop a suspected illegal case of transportation of cattle, was assaulted by five unidentified persons on Kelthaje-Padu Road in the taluk on Monday.
The victim is Guru Prasad, 22, of Surya in Nada village. He and his friends had attempted to track down a pick-up truck in which they suspected cattle was being transported illegally and chased the vehicle on motorcycles.
However, the occupants of the truck managed to give the bike-borne youths the slip. When they were returning, five people, who came in a car (KA 21 P 1816) assaulted Guru and took away his purse, cash and a bracelet. A case of dacoity under Section 395 of IPC has been registered at Belthangady police station, SP B M Laxmi Prasad said in a communique here.
Two more cases of cattle transportation
In another case of illegal cattle transportation, also reported in Belthangady station limits, police on night rounds flagged a recklessly driven pick-up truck at Kelthaje around 3.30am on Monday. Police chased the truck till its driver abandoned it near a mosque at Lalila and fled. Finding five cattle that were being transported in a cruel manner in the truck, police seized the vehicle and cattle valued at Rs 3.70 lakh.
In yet another incident, personnel of Puttur town station on Sunday foiled an attempt to illegally transport cattle, arrested three youths in this connection and rescued four heads of cattle at Chikkamudnuru in Puttur taluk. Police also seized a pick-up truck that the accused — Muhammad Muwaj, 28, resident of Shantimaru, Vittal, Mohammad Harish, 38, of Kamblabettu, Vittal, and Mohammad Faisal, 24, of Kemmar, Koila in Kadaba — used for the purpose.
Cases have been registered at Puttur and Belthangady town police station under various sections of Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Prevention Action, in connection with the above two incidents, under section 11 of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, under sections 66, 192 (A) of IMV Act and under Section 269 of IPC. The SP said that police are committed to checking all types of illegal activities in the district.