The Himachal Pradesh police on Saturday arrested the man who fed a pregnant cow with explosives laden food that injured its jaw severely. The incident reportedly happened last month. A video of the cow owner Gurdial Singh demanding justice for the injured pregnant cow had recently gone viral on social media.
Chief Minister Jairam Thakur taking cognisance of the matter, said that he would ensure that such incidents do not happen again.
The arrest was made on the basis of video footage that went viral on social media. The accused Nand Lal Dhiman who is a neighbour of the cow owner Gurdial Singh has been charged under Section 429 (mischief of killing cattle) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, following a complaint by the cow owner made on May 25.
It was reported that the cops had visited the spot along with a medical team to examine the injured cow. Reports said that the injured cow has also given birth to a baby calf.
In a letter to the DGP, SP of Bilaspur distric Sharma said that Singh’s pregnant cow was grazing in a field, 20 metres away from his home, when he heard a loud blast and discovered that the cow’s jaw was gravely injured. Sharma said that the injury was caused due to explosives that were routinely used by villagers to keep away animals from damaging crops.