Truck carrying 26 cattle seized in Shahdol; three arrested for cattle smuggling, six booked

Deolond police in the district seized a truck being used for cattle smuggling, arrested three accused and freed 26 head of cattle from their possession. Acting on an informer’s tip, police carried out the action at the Chachai forest barrier.

Police said they had received information from an informer that a truck, registration number CG 04 NB 7921, was being used to smuggle cattle packed in cruelly, and that it was travelling from Majhauli towards Rewa. Based on the tip, police set up a blockade near the Chachai forest barrier and tried to stop the vehicle. On seeing the police, the three men in the vehicle tried to flee, but police surrounded them and arrested all three.

After arresting the smugglers, police checked the truck and found 26 buffaloes, which were freed from the smugglers’ custody. The station in-charge said the arrested accused were Valmik Saket of Rampur, Satna, and Salid Khan and Rafi Khan, residents of Majhauli, district Sidhi. During questioning, the accused said they had loaded the cattle onto the truck at Majhauli in Sidhi district and were heading towards Rewa when police caught them.

Station in-charge Subhash Dubey said three accused were arrested from the vehicle, and six people had been named as accused in the case, including the vehicle owner and others. Police were searching for the three who were absconding, and a special team had been formed and dispatched to trace them. Head constable Dinesh Shukla and other police personnel played an important role in the operation.