As administration fails to help, villagers allegedly kill menacing stray bulls in Sanali village of Rajkot

Rajkot: A Total of 13 bulls died after several locals allegedly captured them inside a room at a crematorium in Sanali village of Vichhiya taluka in Rajkot district. Stray bulls have become menace for villages and towns across Gujarat. There have been many incidents of risk to life due to such stray bulls, roaming in open. As the government or administration hardly help in this regard, the locals decided to capture them and lock them in a room.

Several locals at Sanali village had caught 13 stray bulls on Tuesday and captured them in a packed room in the crematorium at the village. A video of locals tying the bulls with a tractor had also come out on Tuesday. The bulls died in the packed room in the night. The  locals had allegedly dug a pit with JCB in the crematorium to bury the dead bulls to hide the matter. They had also put a dead bull inside the pit. However, they escaped from there by leaving the dead bulls after the police reached there.

It is learnt that several locals had captured the stray bulls as they damaged the crops of the farmers and they were going to shift them to Palitana in the morning from the packed room.

The Maldhari community leaders conveyed the matter to the Vichhiya police. Vichhiya police reached the spot and arranged a watch. The Maldhari community leaders of Jasdan, Vichiya and Botad reached the spot after learning about the incident. They alleged that the bulls are killed by feeding them a toxic substance. Vichhiya police have filed a crime against the unidentified accused.

Vichhiya PSI RK Chavda informed that the post-mortem of all bulls has been conducted and the samples are sent to the forensic laboratory.

DeshGujarat