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Buffalo thieves giving sleepless nights to Haryana farmers
The rise in the incidents of theft of buffaloes in northern parts of Haryana is giving sleepless nights to the farmers
The rise in the incidents of theft of buffaloes in northern parts of Haryana is giving sleepless nights to the farmers. As per the reports collected from the different police stations, most of the incidents were reported in villages of Karnal, Kurukshetra, Kaithal and Yamunanagar districts.
The aggrieved farmers filed complaints of theft of their buffaloes but the police failed to get any clue about the accused, HT has learnt.
“Two days after I purchased a buffalo worth ₹70,000, it was stolen from my cattle yard on the intervening night of July 3 and 4. I have filed a police complaint at Karnal’s Sadar police station but the police have failed to get any clue yet,” said Sunil Kumar, a resident of Bijna Village of Karnal district.
On the same night, the thieves also stole two buffaloes of a farmer Sarwan Pradhan of Kailash village of the district. He also filed the FIR at the same police station. A dairy farmer, Darbari Singh of Kheri Mansigh village, filed a police complaint of the theft of his two milking buffaloes from his cattle farm last month.
Another farmer, Jai Pal Singh of Garhi Jattan village, filed a complaint at Indri police station and alleged theft of his two buffaloes worth around ₹1.40 lakh from his farm on the intervening night of June 23 and 24.
According to the farmers, the thieves come between 2 to 4 am in groups of 5 to 10 in pickup vehicles and steal milch buffaloes, which cost around ₹50,000 to ₹1. Lakh.
The farmers said the thieves come from Uttar Pradesh and do not steal cows because there is a strict law against cow smuggling and slaughtering. Even stolen buffaloes are taken to cattle mandis in Uttar Pradesh and they cross state borders but the police have failed to arrest them.
The crime investigation agency of Kaithal police arrested three members of a gang involved in buffalo theft on July 5. The cops said that the accused belong to Uttar Pradesh and confessed to having stolen 18 buffaloes from Haryana and Punjab in the past two years. Eight buffaloes were recovered from their possession.
Police officials associated with the investigations said that most of the people involved in the theft of buffaloes come from Uttar Pradesh.
Karnal SP, Ganga Ram Punia, said that the investigation of all cases has been entrusted to a special team of the CIA and some accused have been identified based on material available with us. To prevent such crimes in future, two Nakas have been set up at Manglora and Shergarh Tapu villages (Haryana-UP border) which may be used by the accused near river Yamuna.
