JAIPUR/ALWAR: It appears that the cow smugglers of Haryana have become fearless as the smuggling of cows in connivance with the people of the Mewat region is almost uninterrupted. Police, however, claimed that compared to last three years the number of cases has gone down in

and Bharatpur, the chase for smugglers is becoming a day-to-day challenge for the police in these districts. In the past 40 hours Alwar police in four separate incidents have seized 51 cows and have arrested five persons.

In a yet another case on Tuesday a truck carrying 25 cows got stuck in a big pothole. Thereafter the smugglers managed to flee and police recovered these cows.

“In the past 15 days at least six incidents of

were reported in Alwar district. This is possibly the outcome of the strict vigilance by our teams at various chowkis,” said a senior police officer in Alwar district.

When contacted, Rajendra Singh, superintendent of police, Alwar, said, “We are strict and take action against those who are found illegally transporting cows. But their handlers are in Haryana. We have had raids in Haryana especially in the Nooh Mewat area, but many a times after getting bailed out the accused start functioning again.”

Police officials posted in Bharatpur and Alwar on the spurt of cow smuggling during winters, said, “The consumption of beef gets increased during winters so does its smuggling. This is the reason why our teams in the past 15 days have unearthed many rackets,” Singh added. In the scenario of increased demands those involved in smuggling of cows in

pick cows from Dausa, Bharatpur, Sikar and Jaipur (rural) areas. “Out of the total cow smuggling cases in a year 60 to 65 percent is done from October to January,” said an officer.

In Bharatpur 765 cases of cow smuggling under The Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, 1995 were lodged in past four years and at least 900 persons were arrested for smuggling. During this period 2500 cows were rescued.

At Alwar from 2015 to 2018 458 cases of cow smuggling under The Rajasthan Bovine Animal (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, 1995 were lodged out of which 714 were arrested for cow smuggling

In 2019, eight cases have been registered so far and 11 persons were arrested for cow smuggling in Alwar.