A person in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa was arrested after he allegedly tied a cow to an e-rickshaw and dragged it for a number of kilometres. The cow suffered extreme accidents and misplaced one eye.
The incident got here to mild on Saturday when a bystander named Manoj Yadav noticed the accused, Ikram Khan, dragging the cow together with his e-rickshaw. He known as out to cease the car, however as a substitute of stopping, the accused accelerated.
In response, Yadav chased the e-rickshaw for round two kilometres on his bike and caught up with Khan. Following that, Yadav managed to free the cow that was moaning in ache and took it to a cowshed for therapy.
Police inspector Manisha Upadhyay mentioned a case has been registered beneath the Animal Cruelty Act and the accused has been arrested. It is usually alleged that the accused was attempting to take the cow to a slaughterhouse.
The incident has additionally been condemned by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Balkrishna Dwivedi, a member of the right-wing organisation, mentioned that the cow being dragged on the highway was immensely unlucky.
He said the accused, with a “Jihadi mindset”, tried to disturb the communal peace within the area.
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