District Police Office Palpa has arrested two persons including bulls who were smuggled using the corridor road of Kaligand on Tuesday.
Two pick-up jeeps were seized by the police from Pipaldanda on Siddharth Highway via Rampur to Gandakot.
Province 2-03-001 Ch 3356 driver of pickup jeep No. Hetounda sub-metropolis-17, 28-year-old Sishan Thing, resident of Hetounda, and 22-year-old Mahesh Bholan, resident of Bara Jitpur Simna sub-metropolis 2, driver of pickup jeep No. 21 Bh 8928, have been detained by the police.
Police inspector Kamal Pradhan said that when the police team deployed from Keladi police station stopped and checked on suspicion, they found that 5 bulls in pickup number 8928 and 6 bulls in pickup number 3356 had been brutally tortured and injured.
Both the vehicle and the driver have been taken into custody by the police and further investigation is being conducted. During the police check, the drivers of both the jeeps were sent with forged documents. It is claimed that the police took the bull into custody only after being informed by the local residents. In the document found, there is a document about taking the mountain from Kapilvastu in 8928 . The name of veterinary doctor Jayaprakash Rayavardhan is written.
Similarly, Nisdi Rural Municipality-6, Kapilvastu, which sent the smuggled bulls, is written on jeep number 3356 . The name of the veterinary doctor is Dr. Arun Chaulagai is . A Rampur-based Hindu organization has stated that since the documents with the jeep driver have been tipexed and the names and addresses are reversed, it is confirmed that the cattle were smuggled through the corridor.
They have demanded an investigation as the veterinary certificate itself is fake. Chief District Officer Toynarayan Subedi said that the arrested jeep driver has been remanded and further investigation is underway. According to
sources, bulls that have entered Nepal from India are being smuggled through Nepal to Bangladesh. Lately, the smugglers have been taking Bahadurganj area of Kapilvastu district as a center and taking them eastward through the Kaligandaki corridor . In some vehicles, smugglers have been smuggling bulls with documents, court order, tax paid Revenue Investigation Department (VCTS). Some time ago, it was found that bulls were being smuggled in small vehicles.
Indian bulls are being smuggled into Nepal by passing through the customs and smuggled by creating fake documents for the bulls from various agencies in Nepal, according to police sources. Bulls are being smuggled along with the certificates registered with various government agencies in the name of Pashu Chaupaya buying and selling center. Bull smugglers are accused of giving large sums of money to the head of the highway police office and the head of the district security agency. Sources said that Chulthe, Mundre youth are also used in some places.
