Yelahanka

Yelahanka New Town

Kavita Jain

Nandini Mattiani

Thalaghatapura

Taking law in their hands

Kumar Singh

They had gone toto check on illegal cow slaughterIn yet another alleged mob attack on women animal rights activists fighting against illegal cow slaughter, a mob of over 100 people attacked and assaulted two women accompanying an High Court appointed committee and police convoy to crack down on five illegal slaughter houses operating in the city. The victims alleged that unidentified men tried to strangle and choke one of them with a dupatta and also the vehicles with stones, including the ones carrying officials. Two separate complaints have been lodged atpolice station, against the mob attack and illegal cow slaughter.“ It was around 5 :10 pm when it started. Based on the court order, with police protection we had gone to this suspected illegal slaughter house that was operating in the garb of a two-wheeler garage in DB Halli. They locked it down and refused to open it initially. Soon men and women gathered at the spot and started sloganeering and heckling us. One of them even tried to strangle me with my duppatta,” said 34-year-old Joshine Antony.Joshine along with(38), another volunteer, had gone to DB Halli after an initial round of identifying illegal slaughter houses. On October 14, they along with the court appointed commissioner and officials had inspected three illegal slaughter centres and had gone to MS Palya and DB Halli to identify two more centres.“We spotted some trucks used for cattle transportation near the suspected slaughter house at Db Halli which was locked. The mob however started resisting our attempts and soon it went out of control. The windshield of the car was completely damaged and the driver had a tough time driving out of the spot. We reached Yelahanka police station and filed the complaints,” said Kavita Jain.Police have accepted the complaint and an FIR is expected to be registered later in the evening. On Saturday night, the Vice President of an IT company and an animal activisthad to face mob fury when she and a volunteer had gone to check cow slaughter inpolice limits. Seven people have been taken into custody in connection with that incident.City police confirmed that the High Court-appointed commissioner to probe into illegal slaughter houses along with volunteers from an NGO and a police convoy came under resistance from local residents near Yelahanka on Tuesday evening. One of the police cars, a Toyota Etios (in pic) that was used by the commissioner, was also damaged in the incident. A case of unlawful assembly and rioting has been registered at Yelahanka New Town Police station. Additional Commissioner (East) Seemantsaid that the incident will be investigated and appropriate action would be taken according to the law.