GUJRAT: Over 40 goats meant for sale on the occasion of Eidul Azha were overrun by a train here on Wednesday after some policemen allegedly herded them to a railway track after their owner refused to accept the price offered by them for a goat.

Traders and area people blocked GT Road in protest against police. The DPO suspended the policemen allegedly involved in the incident and ordered an inquiry against them.

Abul Razzaq, a butcher, had set up a sale point of sacrificial animals along the old GT Road, near the Government Comprehensive School. It was visited by some policemen from a nearby check-post on Tuesday.

According to Razzaq, the policemen wanted to buy a goat for their boss, sub-inspector Ashraf Malhi, at half the price sought by him. But he refused to accept the price.

He said that the policemen left the place but returned on Wednesday and thrashed him. “They untied my goats and herded them to a railway track where they were overrun by a train coming from Lahore,” Razzaq alleged.

Gujrat DPO Rai Zameerul Haq has suspended sub-inspector Ashraf Malhi, in-charge of Jattowakal check-post, ASI Shabbir and four other policemen.

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2015

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