Mangaluru, Aug 13: Based on accurate information, an illegally running cow slaughterhouse in Chembugudde near Thokkottu was raided by Ullal police in the early hours of Wednesday, and 14 cattle which were to be slaughtered were seized.
Out of the cattle seized, two cows had been suffocated to death while five others were found in a pitiable condition. The accused running the slaughterhouse is said to have escaped from the scene.
Based on information provided by activists belonging to a saffron organisation, the police raided the property of M C Bava in Chembugudde who was allegedly running an illegal slaughterhouse. At the time of the raid, the 14 cattle were being brought down from the pickup truck used to illegally transport them. Even as the police surrounded the property, the accused Bava is said to be given police the slip.
Despite conducting several raids on the illegal slaughterhouse in Chembugudde in the past, the jurisdictional police had been unable to apprehend the accused.
A month ago, the illegal slaughterhouse run by Bava had been raided and the police seized the cattle and slaughtered meat after the raid. The accused Bava and his accomplices were arrested a few days later and were released on bail.
The saffron activists have alleged that despite repeated raids on the slaughterhouse and several cases of illegal slaughter booked against him in the past few months, the accused M C Bava continued to carry on the illegal activities in his own house, thereby trying to flare communal tension in the area.
Out of the 14 cattle seized in the latest raid, 2 cows were found dead. After the raid, the police themselves looked after the five calves which were found in a critical state. Police are on the lookout for accused Bava and his accomplices.
Cattle stolen in Naringana
Meanwhile, cases of cattle being stolen continue to occur in several places in Dakshina Kannada.
In the dead of the night, two cattle which were tied up in the shed were stolen by miscreants from Naringana village in Bantwal taluk.
The cattle belonged to Chandrahas Poojary. According to him, when he went to give hay to the cattle in the morning, he found them missing. Finding tyre-marks in the mud near the shed, he also found that the roped used to secure the cattle had been chopped.
The villagers suspect the involvement of other local miscreants in providing information of the existence of cattle in certain homes to the cattle thieves.
Ascertaining that his cattle were stolen, he lodged a complaint at the jurisdictional Konaje police station.
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