One arrested on charge of thrashing cow

Tribune News Service

Mohali, May 26

Tension gripped Nayagaon after the alleged beating of a cow belonging to a local priest here.

The police have arrested a person, Akram, a resident of Vikas Nagar in Naya Gaon, after registering a case under Section 428 (mischief by killing or maiming animal) of the IPC and Section 11A of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, on a complaint of Tara Chand, a local priest.

In his complaint, Tara Chand alleged that the accused abducted the animal on Sunday and then beat it up brutally. “The accused, who lives with his family in a dera near the locality, abducted the animal. When we located it, they refused to give it to us, claiming that it was their animal. Later, they beat it up so brutally that the animal is now unable to stand,” alleged Tara Chand, who has kept the cow for religious purposes.

Residents of the area protested against the cruelty to the animal by the accused. The animal was taken to a veterinary hospital at Balongi. Inspector Samar Vineet, SHO of the Nayagaon police station, said the accused had been arrested. “Investigations are on in the case,” said the SHO.