Sahil Gulzar
Shopain, Aug 19: Cattle thieves have stolen five cattle including two cows, two calves and one sheep from cowsheds in the Reban area of Zainapora helmet in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday, creating panic among locals.
Locals told a local media outlet The Kashmiriyat that “cattle thieves are on the prowl in the area. In a fresh incident, thieves broke into the cowshed of Abdul Rashid Wagay son of Khaleel Wagay and Abdul Hamid Wagay son of Khaleel Ahmed Wagay at Reban village and took away 5 cattle.”
Family members said that at dawn when they went to milk the cows, they found the door of the cowshed broken. Not a single animal was left in the shed, they said.
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The family raised an alarm and along with fellow villagers went to search for the missing cattle, all in vain.
Gulzar Ahmad Wagay, a local from Reban told The Kashmiriyat that two cows, two calves, and one sheep were stolen from the village during the intervening night of Thursday-Friday.
A cow, depending on the breed, costs between Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh. It is a huge economic loss for the farmers to have their cows stolen. The recent theft, they said, have left them unable to sleep at night, he said.
“I will see what has been stolen and this matter will be taken up for investigation,” The Kashmiriyat reported quoting a senior police officer.
