Mangaluru: Two more arrested in cow theft cases

Mangaluru, Jul 31: The police have arrested two more persons in connection with cow theft cases reported from around Mangaluru.

Abdulla Hussain alias Hussain Manjeshwar, who is said to be the main accused in the theft of cows from a cow shed in Kairangala and from the Mahalingeshwara Temple premises in Pandeshwar was arrested by the sleuths of Konaje police station.

The accused was involved in several cases of other cow and cattle thefts, including a few reported in Kerala, the police said.

A cow was taken away from the cow shed of Amurthadhara Goshala managed by Raghaveshwara Bharati, seer of Hosanagar Ramachandrapura Mutt, in Kairangala in Bantwal taluk, on March 27 this year. The caretaker of the Goshala, Rajaram Bhat, had led a hunger strike demanding the arrest of the accused. Later, the city police arrested eight persons and were on the look-out for Hussain.

The police said that Hussain was involved in the theft of two cows from the Mahalingeshwara Temple premises on July 5 this year. The police have recovered the car reportedly used for the theft.

Hussain was an accused in three cases of cattle theft reported in Ullal Police Station. He was also an accused in two cases each of cattle theft reported in Konaje Police and Kankanady Police limits, respectively. One case each of cattle theft was reported in Mangaluru Rural Police and Mangaluru South Police limits, respectively. There are two cases of cattle theft reported in Kumble Police limits of Kerala. The police said that they were looking at Hussain’s alleged involvement in cattle thefts reported in Vitla and Kasaragod in Kerala.

Meanwhile, the Bajpe Police arrested Mohammed Nayeem (19) of Krishnapura Katipalla for his alleged involvement in theft of two cows from Tenkayadapadavu on July 27 this year. The accused had taken away the cows in a car.

The Bajpe Police arrested Nayeem and seized the car near Narlapadavu Cross in Ganjimath on July 28. They recovered from the vehicle a cow that had been stolen reportedly by the accused from a cow shed in Muchhooru, the police said.