Politicians flay cops, cow vigilantes' high-handedness this Eid-ul-Azha

HYDERABAD: Days ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, popularly known as Bakrid, politicians and traders flagged incidents of high-handedness from cops and cow vigilante groups in the name of `cruelty to animals'.

According to

Majlis Bachao Tahreek

(MBT) spokesperson Amjedullah Khan, several traders sought his intervention in the recent past after the cattle they were transporting got confiscated and later sent to goshalas. “These traders were not transporting cows.They were carrying oxen. I've come across at least half a dozen cases in the past few days. These incidents have been reported in and around Hyderabad and Bhongir. Some were from Suryapet and Khammam. They were stopped and their goods seized,“ he said.

One such case is that of Mohammed Ayaz. Last week around 15 of his oxen were seized at Chintapally .

“I am not a wealthy man.I am also handicapped. I got a letter from the village Sarpanch. That is where I got the animals. My cattle were seized. Now I do not know how to get them back. They have been sent to a goshala. I am ruined,“ Ayaz said.The

All India Jamiatul Quresh Action Committee

(JQAC) too narrated a similar tale. “It is really strange that this is thought of only during Bakrid,“ said

Jamiatul Quresh Action Committee

vice-president Ahmed Pasha

Qureshi

.

He demanded that if the number of animals in a vehicle exceeds six, cops should only fine transporters.“Traders are supposed to go to court and get the animals released. They will suffer heavy loss by the time the entire process gets completed,“ Qureshi said.