After a bizarre search, the Uttar Pradesh Police has finally tracked down Minister Azam Khan’s stolen buffaloes. Seven buffaloes, owned by the Samajwadi Party leader’s had gone missing from his farmhouse in Rampur on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
They managed to rescue the cattle on Sunday following an intensive overnight search.
Dog squads, crime branch sleuths and personnel from various police stations raided slaughter houses and meat shops to collect clues about the stolen bovine, worth several lakhs of rupees, Superintendent of Police Sadhna Goswami said.
It has been nearly four months since the communal riots and horror stories of rape surfaced from the 7-9 September communal riots in Muzaffarnagar, India’s deadliest in a decade, which left more than 60 dead and 50,000 plus homeless.
The so called Muslim leader Azam Khan, Incharge of Muzaffarnagar never ordered this kind of search operation when innocents girls were raped and more than 60 persons killed.
On the direction of District Collector N.K.S. Chauhan, a complaint was registered within minutes of the theft on Saturday and four police teams were formed to tackle the case, officials said. Searches were carried out in the neighbouring districts too, said Ms. Goswami.
Circle officer Alia Hasan said the buffaloes were tracked down on Sunday afternoon, but refused to give details.
Sources said some persons had been detained for interrogation.