Vadodara: 2 years in jail for cattle rearers who thrashed woman plaintiff

VADODARA: Three persons of a family of cattle rearers who added salt to injury by attacking a woman who had gone to complain about being injured by their cows, were convicted by a local court here on Saturday.
The court of judicial magistrate P J Surti sentenced the trio to simple imprisonment for two years for the attack and also fined them of Rs 1,000.
The incident took place in 2015, when Sonal Agrawal was knocked down by the cow, owned by Navghan Bharwad and his family, when she was filling water from a hand-pump on September 25. However, when Agrawal complained to Bharwad, who live in the same neighbourhood in Sama area, about their cow injuring her, Navghan and his other family members identified as Surajben and Maya attacked the woman.
When Agrawal’s mother Ramdulari and her brother Kamlesh intervened, they too were beaten up with iron pipes.
The attackers later went back to their homes, but Kamlesh called the police and an ambulance too. The injured persons were treated at SSG Hospital and an offence was registered at Sama police station.
Later, the attackers were arrested and a charge-sheet was filed against them. During the trial, the statements given by eye-witnesses and material witnesses against the accused were upheld by the court.