Nine Cow Traffickers Charged With Assaulting Police In Samba

A police crew searching for a group of known bovine smugglers in December 2022 was attacked by cow smugglers in Malaanj hamlet of Samba.

The primary suspects in the incident were detained during the subsequent crackdown, according to authorities.

For judicial review, a charge sheet has now been presented in court.

The nine named in the charge sheet are Shab Ali alias Gugu, Mohd Sadiq alias Shiku, Sadiq Ali, Maskeen Ali alias Jatu, Makhan Din, Zahoor Din, Mohd Shareef, Roshan Bibi, and Moju, they said.

Benam Tosh, senior superintendent of police in Samba, said that anyone responsible for attacks on police will face harsh punishment.

“All accused involved in cases of attacks on police would be arrested, their history sheets would be opened, investigations would be conducted & completed expeditiously and challans would be produced in the court of law for judicial determination,” Tosh said.

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