Six cow smugglers arrested in Haryana, 22 cows confiscated
Rewari, Haryana, India 
16 February, 2025
Case Summary
In Rewari village of Haryana, a group of five cow smugglers were taking 22 cows in a loaded truck from Rajasthan to Mewat for slaughtering. A worker at the Cow Task Force and Bajrang Dal informed the police and arrested the smugglers. The smugglers were identified as Mausam, Raju, Rahul, Sajid, Shaukat, and Hakeem. Gaurav, a member of the Cow Task Force of the Haryana Government and district co-convener of Bajrang Dal, received information that cattle would be loaded in a truck from Rajasthan for slaughter at night on NH-48 and would be taken to Mewat. On receiving the information, he was standing at Naichana and monitoring along with his companions Devendra, Rakesh, Vinod resident, Diwan Nehra, and Manish. They witnessed a truck being driven at high speed from Delhi. He informed the police, the police set up a check post at Banipur Chowk. The driver drove the truck over the divider, turned back towards Jaipur and fled towards Bawal town. The truck driver and his companions abandoned the vehicle and started running. During this, three accused were caught on the spot. Two accomplices of the accused fled from the spot. Police freed 22 cows from the truck, out of which 13 cows were found alive and 9 dead. Police had registered a case against the accused in Bawal police station under the Cow Conservation Act, the Animal Cruelty Act and other sections. Five accused involved in the case, Mausam, Raju, Rahul, Sajid alias Sajji and Shaukat, had been arrested. Police also arrested a man named Hakeem in this case.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
The cow is considered sacred in the Hindu religion. Often, cows are slaughtered by non-Hindu perpetrators as a mark of insult to the Hindu faith. There have been several documented cases throughout history where cow slaughter is used as a method to insult the Hindu faith, convert Hindus (by force-feeding beef) and desecrate temples. In all cases of cow slaughter, there is a suspicion of religious animosity against Hindus working as a motivating factor, however, in the absence of any concrete indication, this case is being categorised as Undecided. If more details emerge, it would be added to the Hate Crime Database.
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Others
Perpetrators Range
From 5 to 10
Perpetrators Gender
male
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