Three cattle smugglers open fire at cops in Shahabad, booked

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, December 6

The police have booked three unidentified cattle smugglers under various sections, including attempt to murder, for opening fire at cops when they tried to stop them at a checking point on Jalebi Pul in Shahabad on late Friday night.

The police party had received an input that three unknown persons were trying to smuggle stray cattle to Uttar Pradesh for slaughtering after collecting them from Haryana and Punjab.

ASI Rajesh Kumar said: “On late Friday night, a naka was set up on Jalebi Pul in Shahabad. After some time, the suspected vehicle was spotted and signalled to stop. But the driver sped away while attempting to run over on-duty policemen and fled towards Baba Markanda Temple. The truck rammed into a car, a horse carriage and an earth-moving machine. As the policemen started chasing the vehicle, one of the smugglers opened fire at them.”

“When they reached near Jandhera village, cross-firing took place between the smugglers and the police.”

Taking advantage of darkness, the smugglers fled, leaving their vehicle behind that was loaded with eight cows and two bulls. While one of the bulls was found dead, the remaining animals were shifted to a gaushala in Shahabad.

CIA-1 in charge Inspector Jaspal said, “Efforts are being made to nab the accused. Meanwhile, the horse tied to a carriage, which was hit by the accused truck driver, died.”

A case has been registered under various Acts.