Ox at roadside, owner booked for violation in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: An ox made to stand by the roadside by its owner drew the cops’ ire, who found the animal blocking traffic movement and booked its owner for violation of traffic rules and cruelty towards it.
According to Sola police, A team of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) cattle nuisance control department had on the afternoon of July 30 found an ox standing on the footpath near Damru Circle in the Chanakyapuri area.
The team recovered the ox and sent a notice to its owner, Ajay Patni, a vegetable vendor from Ghatlodia, for leaving his animal negligently.
The AMC team later informed the cops and they began an inquiry against the owner.
During the inquiry, police concluded that Patni had made his ox stand in a way which obstructed the path of commuters and violated traffic rules.
Police personnel said the owner also showed cruelty to the animal by keeping it by the road and not at a safe place.
Patni said he always stations his ox by the roadside in a way that it won’t obstruct traffic. He said he keeps it away from his vegetable cart so that it would does not eat his vegetables and cause him a loss.
Police justified their action saying that vehicles or animals cannot be left on the roadside on footpath because they may obstruct others’ way.
Police filed such cases on the basis of complaints by the AMC authorities earlier too. In September 2019, Ellisbridge police had booked a horse owner for tethering it near the flyover near Gujarat College and obstructing others.