The cattle breeders running dairies under the state government-aided Kamdhenu scheme are facing the heat of the government’s drive against cattle smugglers. Losing even one cattle ruins a farmer’s finance since has to take loans to buy animals.” Two such cattle breeders of Aonla, Rajesh Sahravat and his brother Rakesh, had to face police action in Moradabad district when they were on the way back to Bareilly carrying cows from Rajasthan on Wednesday night. Harassment of poor farmers in the name of curbing cow smuggling is completely wrong. The duo alleged that their cattle were seized and they were kept in illegal custody for a couple of hours by police before the authorities intervene into the matter.Sahravat said, “On March 22, we started our journey from Rohtak with 14 cows and four heifers in two trucks what we bought from Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan.
The cattle breeders running dairies under the state government-aided Kamdhenu scheme are facing the heat of the government’s drive against cattle smugglers. Two such cattle breeders of Aonla, Rajesh Sahravat and his brother Rakesh, had to face police action in Moradabad district when they were on the way back to Bareilly carrying cows from Rajasthan on Wednesday night. The duo alleged that their cattle were seized and they were kept in illegal custody for a couple of hours by police before the authorities intervene into the matter.Sahravat said, “On March 22, we started our journey from Rohtak with 14 cows and four heifers in two trucks what we bought from Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan. Around 9 pm, as soon as we entered into Uttar Pradesh, police at Baghpat border stopped us from staying with them around two hours without any reason.”Rakesh said two heifers died since they had no fodder for 18 hours.Chief veterinary officer Dr Vinod Kumar said, “It has become very common to stop cattle breeder who brings cows from Rajasthan and Haryana. Harassment of poor farmers in the name of curbing cow smuggling is completely wrong. Losing even one cattle ruins a farmer’s finance since has to take loans to buy animals.”
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