About 30 leaders of BJP here rushed to Jajpur Keonjhar Road railway station and asked several questions regarding the illegal transportation of cattle, like cows and pigs in six compartments of Subidha Express weekly train from Bengaluru to Kamakshya in Assam on Saturday.
According sources, some activists Bishwa Hindu Parishad followed the train from Cuttack on a tipoff about transportation of around 3,000 cattle in the train. As there is no stoppage at JJKR and Bhadrak stations, someone pulled the chain and detained the train at Jajpur Keonjhar Road station for 10 minutes. The railway authorities applying clever idea for discussion left the station.
Vyasadev Mandal president Nityananda Mahalik, senior leader Arun Das, Dushmanta Kumar Rout, Kalpataru Sahoo, Biswa Ranjan Pattanayak, BHP leader Chinmay Swarup Panda, Yuva Morcha district president Surajlal Samal, vice president Ayodhyanath Jena and many activists of BHP and Goputra Sena were in the team.