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NEW DELHI: Ashok Kumar, 52, is among the many cattle traders selling sacrificial goats at the Jama Masjid market ahead of Eid-ul-Adha. "Buyers want to purchase animals from their own community," says Kumar (first name changed to protect identity), who lives in Rajasthan. Traders say at least 5% of the sellers there are, like Kumar, from the scheduled caste Khateek community. "The health and age of a goat is determined by its teeth. "The objective now is to sell all the animals, even if it means incurring losses," says Mohammad Abid Ansari, one of Qureshi's men..