Cattle Smugglers
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Gorakhpur: Entire police outpost suspended after cattle smugglers kill youth; CM Yogi vows action
India | Sep 16, 2025, 10:53 PM ISTTensions erupted when villagers confronted cattle smugglers, leading to violent clashes. Senior police officers were also hurt by stone pelting while trying to rescue the suspect from angry villagers. Following this, villagers blocked the Gorakhpur-Pipraich road and clashed with the police.
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NEET student killed by cattle smugglers in Gorakhpur, CM Yogi orders strict action amid protests
Uttar Pradesh | Sep 16, 2025, 01:45 PM ISTA 19-year-old NEET aspirant was killed by cattle smugglers in Gorakhpur. The incident has triggered protests, arson and clashes with police, leaving senior officers injured. CM Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to meet the bereaved family and ensure strict action against the culprits.
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BSF jawans attacked by cattle smugglers at India-Bangladesh border
West Bengal | Jan 10, 2025, 05:58 PM ISTThe incident took place at Khutadah border outpost (BOP), where BSF personnel saw smugglers approaching the border fence from the Indian side with cattle.
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Karnataka: Man transporting cattle allegedly killed by cow vigilantes in Sathanur
Karnataka | Apr 02, 2023, 07:36 PM ISTKarnataka news: The accused, Puneeth Kerehalli, a cow vigilante and his team are said to have intercepted the trio, accusing them of transporting cattle illegally for slaughter.
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Two cattle smugglers killed, one drug peddler hurt in separate incidents in Assam
India | Apr 19, 2022, 11:27 PM ISTAltogether 46 people have been killed and at least 108 injured in police action for allegedly trying to flee from custody or attacking personnel since May last year, when the BJP, led by Himanta Biswa Sarma, assumed power in the state.
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Cattle smuggling to Bangladesh completely halted from south Bengal front: BSF report
India | Jun 17, 2021, 03:02 PM ISTThe Kolkata-based south Bengal frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) is tasked to guard 913.32 kms of the India-Bangladesh international border (IB) out of the total 4,096 kms, running across five states and it has recorded official figures to claim that no cattle was smuggled from its side till May, 2021.
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Transborder cattle smugglers assault BSF troops along Indo-Bangladesh border
India | Jun 06, 2021, 11:04 AM ISTBSF troops on Saturday sustained several injuries after they confronted transborder cattle smugglers along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
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130 cattle rescued, 17 smugglers caught red-handed in BSF, police joint operation in Bengal's Malda
India | Mar 26, 2021, 04:32 PM ISTThe Border Security Force (BSF) and police in a joint operation thwarted a major attempt to smuggle cattle, caught 17 smugglers red-handed and rescued 130 cattle from 4 trucks after a tip-off was received from BSF's Intelligence Branch (44 Batallion) in West Bengal's Malda.
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Bihar: 44-year-old man lynched on suspicion of cattle theft
India | May 03, 2019, 07:26 AM ISTThe incident took place in Dak Haripur village falling under Robertsganj police station area, they said.
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Woman attacked by cattle smugglers in Bengaluru
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Centre notifies new rules, bans sale, purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter
India | May 26, 2017, 07:09 PM ISTThe central government has banned the sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter
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Firing by BSF against 'cattle smugglers' was a fake encounter, allege Meghalaya villagers; lodge FIR
India | May 07, 2017, 12:52 PM ISTResidents of a village near Bangladesh border have lodged an FIR against the BSF claiming that Friday’s firing by its personnel to stop cattle smugglers was actually a fake encounter.
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Man beaten to death by ‘gau rakshaks’ was a dairy farmer, not a cattle smuggler: Report
India | Apr 06, 2017, 11:52 AM ISTDays after terrifying visuals of a Muslim man being beaten to death by a group of alleged ‘cow vigilantes’ in Rajasthan’s Alwar district stirred a row comes an equally appalling revelation in the case.