Assam: Four Cattle Lifters arrested in Hailakandi district

Hailakandi, August 11, 2019:

The local authorities in Hailakandi district of Assam on Saturday nabbed four cattle lifters on the eve of Bakr-Eid.

According to Officer in Charge, Hailakandi Sadar Police Station, Badan Singpho, the cow lifters were caught by the people when they tried to push the cows grazing in a field at Bandukmara into a pickup van. On being informed, the police rushed to the site and nabbed the cow lifters and brought them to the police station.

The arrested have been identified as Rabijul Islam (21yrs), Faruque Ahmed Laskar, Charim Uddin Laskar alias Kala, Samarikona Bandukmara and Anowar Hussain Laskar (32yrs).

The above persons have been arrested in connection with Hailakandi PS case No 860 u/s 379/34 IPC. The gang was involved in recent cow theft in the area. They have been remanded to three days police custody by the district and sessions court.

Interrogation is on to unearth the entire racket, informed Superintendent of Police, Pabindra Kumar Nath.

With Bakr Eid round the corner, Hailakandi Police has beefed up security in the cattle markets at Panchgram, Algapur and other places and keeping a vigil on roads during transportation of cattle to different parts of the district. The police administration has assured Muslim community leaders, including imams in a meeting convened by the district administration to ensure a peaceful Eid that security would be provided in the cattle markets to keep trouble-makers at bay and also during transportation of cattle to different parts of the district.

Join us as we continue the awareness campaign to preserve the only Ramsar site in Assam which is facing immense threats (A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention). We need your help to preserve this site of great ecological importance. Join the #LetsSaveDeeporBeel campaign and tweet about it, and do tag us on Twitter. It is time to create awareness.