Sumedha Sharma

Tribune News Service

Gurugram, August 24

The Alwar police have prepared a list of nearly 500 cattle smugglers and more than 100 gau rakshaks following alleged lynching of Rakbar Khan and subsequent instances of cattle smuggling and protests.

More than 60 per cent of the cattle smugglers belong to Haryana, mostly Mewat.

“Cattle smuggling is one of the biggest challenges here. It is now leading to major tension and instigating unfortunate instances like Rakbar’s lynching. To control the same, we need to curb smuggling. After analysing data of the past seven years, we have prepared a detailed list of cattle smugglers, categorising them as absconding or proclaimed offenders. Many of them belong to Haryana, especially bordering villages of Mewat,” said Alwar SP Rajender Singh.

“We will share this information with the Haryana Police and seek their help in nabbing the smugglers. We have also identified registered gau rakshaks to ensure that nobody carries out crimes like lynching in garb of being the gau rakshaks,” he said.

According to the list, the Ramgarh area, where Rakbar was killed, tops the chart with list of 87 cow smugglers followed by Kherli 32, Govindgarh 32, Mundavar 26, Tapukra 23, Narayanpur 21 and Khairthal 20. All these villages border Mewat and register a cow smuggling case daily.

“We are yet to get the list, but equally committed to the cause. We are ready to offer every possible help in dealing with the menace,” said Mewat SP Naazneen Bhasin.