Police seize, send 51 cows of Muslim farmer to gaushala
After the inquiry, if we’re ordered to give the cows back, we will. But the family will have to give us compensation (₹200 per day per cow). SHRIKRISHNA GUPTA, BJP leader and Shri Krishna Gaushala president
ALWAR: For the last 10 days, Rajasthan dairy farmer Subba Khan has been trying to get back 51 of his cows allegedly “snatched away” from his family and sent to a gaushala (cow shelter) in Alwar district. Police took away the cows, apparently to prevent a “law and order” problem, but the family is blaming it on cow vigilantes.
Khan’s wife Baseri said she had taken the cattle out for grazing on October 3 near their village, Sahubas, when some youngsters tried to take away the cows.
“They said we were cow smugglers. When I tried to intervene, they pushed me. The police were present, but they were mere spectators. Later, with the help of the police, the cows were taken to Shri Krishna Gaushala in Bambora Ghati by the cow vigilantes,” Baseri said.
Around six months ago dairy farmer Pehlu Khan was beaten up in Alwar by cow vigilantes over suspicion of smuggling cows. He later died in hospital.
“Our family rears cattle. We have been selling cow and goat milk for years. We earn between ₹2,000 and ₹3,000 every day. Now, it has stopped and we are suddenly left with no means to sup- port our lives,” she added.
Kishangarhbas police station SHO, Chand Singh Rathore, said, “We got information that some villagers were obstructing the road with their cattle. To prevent any law and order situation, we took the cattle to the local gaushala and cleared the highway.”
Rathore added that the sub-divisional magistrate had ordered an inquiry. “I am here at the gaushala to identify the cows claimed by Subba Khan as his. After the inquiry, we’ll be able to determine whether the cows were being taken for smuggling or they belong to Subba Khan. ”
Shrikrishna Gupta, president of Shri Krishna Gaushala, who is also a BJP leader, said “... After the inquiry, if we’re ordered to give the cows back to the family, we will. But the family will have to give us compensation (₹200 per day per cow).”