Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Bajrang Dal demands halt to trafficking of cows

Ganjam(vsk)Demanding security of cows in the State, the Bajrang Dal of Ganjam on Monday submitted a memorandum, addressed to Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik, to the RDC here after protesting over the issue outside the RDC’s office.

Members of the Dal and the Go-suraksha Samiti had rescued 86 cows, including two dead at the time of trafficking, at Shergad area of Balasore district on November 16. Later they were attacked by the traffickers at Bhadrak while returning to Ganjam. But they were saved due to arrival of police and admitted at a Government hospital in Cuttack for treatment. According to Dal organiser Ramakant Rath, although there are certain laws in Odisha to stop inhuman activities like trafficking of animals, they are not being executed properly and Government employees are involved in the corrupt activity. Thousands of cows are being supplied outside for slaughter but no action is taken by the administration to stop this, he alleged.

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