The incident of 26 cattle missing from a goshala, a shelter for cattle, almost a year back re-surfaced in the Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting in Kalaburagi on December 20, putting officials of Home, Animal Husbandry and other departments concerned in a tight spot.
Equipped with authentic records and a recent court order, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge, who presided over the meeting, raised the issue. During the deliberations that followed, officials admitted that the cattle in question were shifted from an authorised goshala in Kalaburagi to an ‘unauthorised and non-existent’ goshala in Sedam after obtaining permission from the Assistant Commissioner and Additional Deputy Commissioner. They also informed that the cattle are missing as they were not found at the goshala in Sedam.
Terming it as a racket of cattle smuggling in which police and other officials were involved, Mr. Kharge questioned what action was taken against the goshala and the officials involved. The Minister did not get a response from any official.
