Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil on Tuesday warned against illegal transport and smuggling of cattle in the backdrop of Bakri-Eid while also warning the fringe elements who take law into their hands and manhandles situation when they notice someone transporting/smuggling cattle.

Addressing a press conference at his office on Tuesday morning Senthil said “Dakshina Kannada has this tradition of celebrating every festival while respecting the sentiments of all the communities and religions. Even during Bakri-Eid same tradition has been followed every year”.

“During Bakri-Eid the issue of cattle smuggling and transporting will be there, and teams and officers have been appointed to monitor and to take care of it. Nobody is entitled to take law into their hands and manhandle situation. If you have any information or suspicion people can contact the authorities by dialing 1077 or 100. Any activities of groupism and moral policing will not be tolerated and strict action will be taken against those found guilty” Senthil added.

Speaking about the Livestock Logistic App developed by District Administration Senthil added that the transporters of cattle can download the app in their mobile phone and inform the authorities about the details of their cattle transportation.

“This doesn’t mean people can transport cattle anyway by providing information on the app. It is the information the transporters have provide to ensure the cattle transportation is done properly” Senthil clarified.

Superintendent of Police Lakshmi Prasad added that Police patrol vehicles have been deployed in the wake of Bakri-Eid in the Distric Police’s jurisdiction and any complaints will be responded promptly.

“Six cases of cow theft have been reported recently of which five cases have been resolved. 19 cases of illegal transporting of cattle were reported and 12 cases of cow slaughtering have been reported. We have also reprimanded and warned 89 people who were earlier involved in similar activities” Prasad informed.

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New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court has sentenced two CBI officers to three months' imprisonment for assaulting and trespassing into the residence of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer during a raid over two decades ago.

Judicial Magistrate Shashank Nandan Bhatt was hearing the arguments on the sentence against the convicted retired police officer V K Pandey and Ramneesh, who was serving as a superintendent of police when the raid was conducted in 2000.

Ramneesh is at present a joint director at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The court also fined Rs 50,000 each to both the accused.

Both were accused under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 427 (mischief) and 448 (criminal trespass) in a complaint filed by IRS officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal.

The case pertained to an incident on October 19, 2000, when a CBI team carried out a search and arrest operation at Aggarwal's residence in Paschim Vihar.

Aggarwal alleged that the officials forcibly entered his house in the early hours, assaulted him and violated legal procedures during the arrest.