Horses, donkeys put behind bars for damaging saplings
jalaun (uttar pradesh) — Believe it or not, two horses and two donkeys were rounded up and kept in the district jail here for almost three days for allegedly damaging saplings in the prison premises.
Jail superintendent Tulsi Ram Sharma said, “Various types of saplings were planted in the district jail premises for beautification.”
“Those were damaged by the horses and donkeys. Hence, I rounded them up,” he said.
The owner of the animals, Kamlesh, said the horses and donkey were released this evening.
“For two days, I could not find my horses and donkeys. When I came to know that they are in jail, I sought the help from local BJP leaders. with their intervention the animals were released,” he said.
These animals had been “sent behind the bars” by the jail superintendent, who lost his cool on the fourlegged animals after they chewed up costly plants brought by the prison authorities for plantation inside the jail premises.
The owner of the donkeys apparently made many requests to prison authorities to let go the donkeys but to no avail.
He then did what most commoners do in Uttar Pradesh — petition the politician.
Here he made a fervent appeal to local Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader Shakti Gahoi, who then went to the jailer and asked him to let the animals go.
With a ruling party leader making the request, the prison official immediately signed the “release orders”. Locals apparently were amused to the hilt to see donkeys walk out of the prison gates rather than men, which is usually a common sight.
But then, this is Uttar Pradesh, and anything and everything is possible here! —