Acting on a tip-off about slaughter of cows in the Sahaspur areas, Special Task Force (STF), Uttarakhand conducted raids at various places including Khushhalpur, Sahaspur and recovered eight quintals of beef, half body of an ox, four calves and four cows on Wednesday.
later, police has registered a case (FIR number 230/13) against four persons named Ishrar, Sultan, Hasib and Jamshed under sections 3/6/11 of Uttarakhand Cow and its Progeny Protection Act 2007, in the Sahaspur Police Station on Wednesday.
State Director General of Police BS Sidhu expressed disappointment over increasing cases of slaughter of cows in the Sahaspur areas and directed Dehradun SSP to suspend Sahaspur Police Station in-charge Surya Bhushan Negi immediately. In this regard, he also directed the SSP to issue show cause notice to Dehradun SP (Rural) Manikant Mishra and Vikasnagar CO Swapan Kumar. DGP Sidhu has announced reward of Rs 5, 000 to STF police for this and said that this case will be investigated by STF police.
Bovine slaughter is a punishable offence under the Uttarakhand Cow and its Progeny Protection Act 2007 while abetting it or hiding evidence of such crime is also a crime under the IPC. Tacking cognisance of tip off about slaughter of cows under Sahaspur police station, DGP Sidhu has formed a STF team comprised of inspector DC Dhaudiyal, Sub-insepctor Sandeep Negi, Sanjay Mishra, Santosh Shah, head constable Satendra Butola, constables Sandesh Yadav, Deepak Bhandari, Mahendra Negi, Kailash Nayal and Vijendra Chauhan.
The STF team conducted raids in Sahaspur area and recovered eight quintals of beef, 12 cow pelt, four calves and four cows from the houses of Ishrar, Sultan and Hasib. Police also recovered half body of ox from the home of Jamshed. These accused were succeeded in escaping from his home during inspections. Police team have deployed at various places to nab the accused, DGP Sidhu added.