Tag: Cattle Trafficking

Angul: Tension ran high after cow vigilantes intercepted 15 trucks at Bantala Chhak in Angul district for allegedly trafficking cattle illegally. Acting on a tipoff, members of Bantala Gau Suraksha Mancha Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other outfits intercepted the cattle-laden trucks in the wee hours today. While the cow vigilantes stopped 8 vehicles, seven trucks […]

Bhubaneswar: The city railway police arrested a person in connection with the recent cattle trafficking violence incident and would forward him to court today. The police arrested Ganesh Prasad Sahoo after examining the CCTV footage. So far, three persons, including Ganesh have been arrested in this connection. Police said Ganesh is the mastermind in this […]

Bhubaneswar: Two Bajrang Dal activists were arrested by government railway police (GRP) today for thrashing two persons at the city railway station on Wednesday over alleged cattle trafficking. They were identified as Sudarsan Biswal (39) of Kakatpur in Puri district and Sibananda Panda (25) of Fategarh in Nayagarh district. On Wednesday night activists of Bajrang […]

Cuttack: Vehicular movement on the busy streets of Badambadi in the city was disrupted for some time in the morning today as locals staged a road blockade after detaining two Tata Magic vehicles carrying 10 cattle meant for trafficking. According to sources, two Tata magic vehicles carrying 10 cattle were going through the Badambadi area […]

Bhubaneswar: Police busted a cattle trafficking racket and seized five trucks illegally carrying more than 150 heads of cattle from Pandra area on Puri-Cuttack by-pass road late on Wednesday night. The police also arrested 11 persons for their involvement in the illegal trafficking. According to sources, the cattle were being transported to Cuttack from Puri […]

Balasore: As many as three trucks and a pickup van engaged in illegal transportation of cattle were detained by locals at two different places in Balasore district early morning today. The locals have also detained two persons allegedly involved in the cattle smuggling. As per reports, villagers of Chalanti in Jaleswar area of the district […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could pose a major challenge for the State government to check cattle trafficking, the Animal Welfare Board has presented an alarming fact that thousands of cattle from as many as six districts of Odisha are being smuggled to the neighbouring States including West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Disturbed with the Welfare […]

Khurda: Is Odisha government zeroing in on any measures to tackle the illegal trade of cattle by the inter-state mafia? Amid numerous reports of cattle trafficking, a CCTV footage of a filling station in Kudiari area of Jatni in Khurda district showing some people lifting a cattle on to a pick up van has alarmed […]

Bhubaneswar: A major upheaval to the fore in Odisha’s animal husbandry sector. Within a span of 7-years, the populations of cattle, goat and sheep in the State have posted a decline. However, what raises an eyebrow is the biggest dip in cattle population in country has happened in Odisha. And the big poser here is: […]

Bhadrak: Police on Tuesday seized two vehicles allegedly transporting cattle in an illegal manner on NH-16 near Gelapur square under Rural police station in the district. Two pick-up vans laden with cattle were intercepted by the members of a local social organisation while two other vans allegedly engaged in the illegal trade have fled. On […]