Gujarat: 6 horses found infected with glanders disease in Surat, euthanised
Surat, Feb 16: Six horses were euthanised after they were found infected with glanders, a contagious disease, in Gujarat's Surat city, an official said on Thursday.
The city's Lal Darwaza locality, from where the cases were reported, as been notified as an affected area and measures are being taken to contain the disease's spread.
Blood samples of eight horses were taken and sent to an authorised testing laboratory after they developed symptoms of the infection and were not showing any sign of recovery, said the official.
Of these, samples of half a dozen horses tested positive for the glanders disease, said an official release.
All the six infected horses were euthanised on Tuesday and the Lal Darwaza area was sanitised, it said.
A notification has been issued to restrict the movement of donkeys, mules and horses in a periphery of 5km from the epicentre of the disease for a month, said the release.
The horses were put to sleep under the provisions of the Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animal Act, 2009, it said.
"As a precautionary measure, the taluka veterinary officer has declared Lal Darwaza as an affected area and restrictions have been put on the movement of donkeys, horses and mules," said the release.
While human beings can also contract glanders, the infectious disease primarily affects horses and also donkeys, mules, goats, dogs, and cats.
The disease is commonly contracted by consuming food or water contaminated by the nasal discharge of the carrier animals. It is characterized by purulent nasal discharge, nasal mucosal ulceration, lung lesions, and ulcerating nodules.
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UP: Six arrested for forging sale deed of Rs 78 lakh land in Bulandshahr
Bulandshahr (UP) (PTI): Six people, including a woman, were arrested on Thursday for allegedly forging documents and executing a fake sale deed to illegally sell plot worth Rs 78 lakh here, police said.
Urvashi Gupta, a resident of Ghaziabad, lodged a complaint at Kakod police station on December 9, alleging that her land in village Belana, under Kakod police limits, had been fraudulently sold, Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Shankar Prasad said.
According to the complaint, unidentified persons impersonated her and prepared a forged sale deed to sell the property to one Pankaj Jain of Delhi.
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During the investigation, police identified eight suspects, of whom six -- Satyendra, Kuldeep and Karmveer of Bulandshahr, Rajkumar of Gautam Buddha Nagar district, and Santosh and Sangeeta Chaudhary of Mathura district -- were arrested.
Prasad said police seized a laptop, a printer, and forged Aadhaar and PAN cards from the accused.
The bank account of the woman involved, holding Rs 17.5 lakh, has been frozen, he added.
