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A car carrying smuggled cows was intercepted and seized at Tulsibeel in Gosaingaon under Kokrjhar district of Assam, triggering outrage among the local populace and leading to a confrontation that resulted in the detention of one suspect. According to reports, an agitated crowd halted the vehicles transporting cows and resorted to public beating, expressing their […]
Guwahati: Cabinet minister Atul Bora claimed on Thursday that lumpy skin disease in cattle, which has suddenly increased in Assam, is not a particularly dangerous condition and has a very low fatality rate. Assam’s minister of agriculture, animal husbandry and veterinary, Atul Bora responded after news broke that some 30,000 cattle in the state had […]
Two cattle laden trucks were seized in the Bagori area of Nagaon’s Kaliabor. Police officials claimed that the truck was loaded with cattle without valid documents and has been suspected to be taken for cross-border smuggling. Two persons identified as Md Alam and Babul Islam of Rupohihat were arrested by the police. The police further […]
In two separate operations, teams of the East Guwahati Police District (EGPD) from the Khetri and Sonapur Police Stations on Sunday intercepted two Bolero and one Tata DI vehicles carrying 21 cows illegally. According to police sources, the vehicles were coming from Moirabari in Morigaon and Rupohihat in Nagaon respectively. Seven persons have been arrested […]
Assam police have seized one truck carrying cattle in Raha in central Assam’s Nagaon district and arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in cow smuggling. Police also recovered 28 cows and seized the truck bearing no AS 01 JC 9256 used for the transportation of the cows. Acting on specific input that a truck […]
When Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s BJP government enacted the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021, in August, not only did it all but ban beef in the state but also ended up throttling the supply of the popular meat to its neighbours such as Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. While Assam’s move was in keeping […]
As the state imposes a ban on unauthorised cattle trade, the Jorhat Police on Sunday night seized a consignment of 10 cattle heads loaded in two trucks. Along with the trucks, five persons were apprehended. The police said that they were apprehended based on source input about an illegal movement of cattle. They were identified […]