The Biramitrapur police here on Sunday arrested and court-forwarded 14 youths on the charges of trafficking 25 cattle and seized five vans at the Bajrang Chowk in the city’s Kuarmunda area. The arrested identified as Prafulla Hembram, Jagdish Sanga, Surendra Toppno, Pramod Barwa, Ajit Bilung, Pradip Toppno and Md Taj Uddin were taking the cattle by five vehicles from Khatkurbahal under the Kutra PS to Jharkhand for sale.
Bajrang Dal activists intercepted the vehicles at the Bajarang chowk. Being informed a police team led by the Biramitrapur SDPO Amarendra Rana rushed the spot and arrested the traffickers and seized the vehicles. The cattle have been sent to the Vedavyas Goshala. Police also detained seven members of the Hindu Sena and Bajrang Dal for brawling with the traffickers.
Earlier on March 16, the Plant Site police had arrested 14 youths and seized 11 pick-up vans for trafficking 90 bullocks and cows at Bisra Chowk. Similarly, the Bondhamunda Police had in January arrested nine persons, recovered 38 cows and seized six vehicles.