Udupi, Aug 7: Police have arrested for persons after seizing three truckloads of cattle illegally being transported from Kerala to Udupi district.
According to the police, the cattle were being transported to Katapadi Dharma Foundation Company and Research Centre in three trucks without any documents, in an inhumane manner on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip off, the Kaup police intercepted the trucks and arrested the transporters.
The arrested include Dharma Foundation chief Girish 40. The other three are Rasheed,40, a resident of Tamraseri village, Kozhikode, Jamsheer, 31, the son of Hussein, a resident of Kandajil village, Kozhikode, and Shameer M P, 42, a resident of Adivaram village. They were hired by Girish to transport the cattle.
The police intercepted the trucks at the checkpost in front of Kaup mosque at 10.45 am and rescued 48 cattle, seized three trucks and a vehicle worth Rs 28.11 lakh.
After getting the news, activists of saffron organisations and people in large numbers gathered in front of Kaup police station, which led to a tense situation.
Kaup police registered cases under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, Violation of Motor Vehicles Act and also against the illegal transportation of cattle.
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