Mangaluru: Man who was assaulted while transporting cattle, says he is framed in cattle theft case
He added he had provided all documents, records of purchase
Mangaluru: The cattle transporter who was assaulted and later arrested on Friday held a press conference in the city and has demanded justice, saying he has complete records of purchasing the buffaloes that he was transporting when he was assaulted.
Mohammad Haneef of Jokatte on the outskirts of Mangaluru city was assaulted by a group of Sangh Parivar activists recently when he was bringing four buffaloes to the city for sale. The Urwa police intervened, arrested Haneef, and then took him for a health checkup.
Haneef, who addressed a press meet, said that the police asked him to sign a declaration on the day of arrest although he had given none. “A fake case of cattle theft has been registered against me although I have shown all the documents of purchase. I bought the 10 buffaloes in Ranebennur on June 13 and got a health certificate after they were checked by a veterinarian,” he complained.
“Six of the buffaloes were sold to a slaughterhouse on June 14. I got the remaining four to my house in Jokatte and was getting them to Mangaluru when I was attacked by at least 15 people. Three of them assaulted me with weapons, apparently with an intention of killing me, but I was saved due to the intervention of the Urwa police,” said Haneef, adding that he was stripped of the Rs 7,800 in his wallet and that his vehicle was heavily damaged.
“The CCTV camera recorded that I was attacked by 15 people, but cases have been registered against only six of them under not so stringent sections of the law books. The six people have also been released on bail. I have given a written complaint to the police on June 17 and request that action is taken considering my complaint,” Haneef said.
Former mayor K Ashraf, Haneef's brother Haider Jamaat, Jokatte Gram Panchayat vice president Shamsuddin was present at the press meet.
'Give guidelines on cattle sale'
A K Ashraf, a resident of Jokatte, who spoke at the press meet, said that the Police Department should issue clear guidelines on the sale of cattle. “A former deputy commissioner had also said that an app would be released for cattle sale and purchase. The police should take safety measures to prevent crashes and problems due to sentimentality regarding cattle sale and purchase. The app should be provided for the purpose,” he stressed.
“It is fake news that cattle sale cases have been registered against Haneef in the police stations of Brahmavar and Pandeshwar. The case in Uppinangady police station is not related to a cattle sale, but for excessive loading of cattle in a vehicle. Haneef was also released on bail in the case,” Ashraf clarified citing messages that were going viral on social media sites that several similar cases were registered against Haneef.
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8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
