GUWAHATI, OCT 7: The People for Animal (PFA) all India chief Maneka Gandhi thanked the Sivasagar police for rescuing the animals from human brutality.
Gandhi called up PFA animal lover and activist Jonaki Buragohain of Sivsagar to take stock of the safety and health of the rescued cows.
The people have appreciate the promptness of the PFA workers.
Meanwhile, the Sivasagar Animal Husbandry Department, after examining the health of the 32 rescued cows, gave the animal identification tag and sent them to the cowshed in Jorhat.
Earlier on October 7, the Assam police seized 32 cattle heads from four pick-up vans in the Sivasagar district on Thursday night, October 6.
Sources said the four trucks were intercepted while they were en route to Nagaon from Silapathar.
The Sivasagar police managed to seize 32 smuggled cows in a raid against the illegal cow syndicate at the Baniabari intersection on National Highway 37.
During the raid, police seized the vehicles with a total of 32 cows from four pick-up vans numbered AS04 CC 3255, AS03 CC 3040, AS04 BC 6473 and AS04 BC 7030.
Talking to the media persons, the Officer in charge of Sivasagar police station said, “Based on secret information we have seized four vehicles from the Baniabari intersection in which 8 cattle heads are been found in four pick-up vans”.
The cattle syndicate in Assam has been trying hard to do the illegal business by any means.