The goat belongs to one Deepak Valmiki who lives in the Water Works colony in Morena. (Photo: Hemendar Sharma)

The Indian justice system does not let any criminals get away. Even if they are goats.



A goat had to spend a night in police custody after it rummaged inside the bungalow premises of additional district and sessions judge in Morena, Madhya Pradesh on Saturday night.

Yes, you read that right.

According to sources in the Morena police, the goat was nabbed from the judge's bungalow on Saturday night and brought to the Kotwali police station where it was made to spend the night.

SHO Kotwali police station Shiv Singh Yadav, however, claimed that the goat was found roaming on the street and was kept in custody for its own security. "The goat was seen roaming on the street and we thought someone would kill it for meat, so we brought it to the police station and handed it to its owner on Sunday morning," Yadav said.

The goat belongs to one Deepak Valmiki who lives in the Water Works colony in Morena. On Saturday evening, the goat gave a slip to its owner and went missing from near the Kotwali police station. It was later seen inside the bungalow premises of a judge who then informed the police.

Valmiki searched for his goat throughout Saturday and when he could not trace it, he went to the Kotwali Police station to lodge a missing complaint on Sunday morning. Valmiki was pleasantly surprised to see his goat inside the police station.

The goat was finally handed over to Valmiki after some questioning at the Kotwali police station on Sunday afternoon.

"I had almost given up, thinking that my goat must have been killed, and had gone to the police station only to inform the police. I was surprised when I saw the goat at the Kotwali. After verifying that the goat belongs to me, it was handed over to me with a warning that I should not allow it go astray in future," Valmiki said.