Following an attack on cow vigilantes by the cattle smugglers, which left three people seriously injured, hundreds of cow vigilantes staged a protest against cattle smugglers in Gurugram on Thursday and demanded the arrest of the alleged criminals.
The incident took place on Wednesday when three cow vigilantes identified as Sunil Rawat, Rajbeer Singh and Tinku were seriously injured when their car in which they were following suspecting cattle smugglers in Ullawas village in Gurugram was attacked.
The suspects were identified as Sheikh, Pravesh, Balu, Saddam and Balu all residents of the Nuh district of Haryana.
Meanwhile, the cow vigilante groups from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh handed over a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Gurugram Yash Garg on Thursday and sought strict action against unidentified criminals. The group in their memorandum demanded a gun licence be given to one of the group members, free medical aid to the victims and the formation of a Special Task Force (STF) to nab cattle smugglers and to stop the illegal smuggling of beef. “We will forward their demands to the Government of Haryana. Action will be initiated against those guilty,” Deputy Commissioner of Gurugram, Yash Garg said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (west), Deepak Saharan who was present with the Deputy Commissioner said, “A team of police is already investigating the matter and we have also received some lead inputs about the absconding criminals they will soon behind bars,” he said.
A case under relevant sections of the IPC was registered against the culprits at Sector-65 police station in Gurugram.