Five cops booked for herding goats to rail track

E-Paper | May 07, 2026

GUJRAT: Civil Lines police on Thursday registered a case against five personnel and arrested three of them for herding sacrificial goats to a railway track.

On Wednesday, 40 goats were run over and killed by a train after the policemen herded a number of goats to the rail track. The owner had refused to sell the animals to policemen on the offer price.

The case was registered against Jattowakal police post in-charge SI Ashraf Malhi, ASI Shabeer, three cops Arslan Tariq, Naeemuddin and Saqib Ali on the basis of the statement of Abdul Razzaq, the owner of goats.

The case was lodged on the report of Civil Lines SHO Shahid Tanveer under section 429 of Pakistan Penal Code and 55C of Police Order.

Ashraf Malhi and two cops have been taken into custody.

Gujrat SP (headquarters) Kamran Mumtaz has been assigned inquiry into the incident.

A local philanthropist has purchased two dozen goats injured by the train and slaughtered the animals to cook meal for the poor.

DPO Rai Zameerul Haq has announced recovering the amount of loss from the salary of the policemen.

The owner has worked out Rs2.5 million loss.

Also read: Over 40 goats overrun by train after policemen herded them on railway track

Published in Dawn, September 25th, 2015

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M Jamal

Sep 25, 2015 10:20am

This criminality in our police department will come to end if their cases are sent to miltary courts under terrorism clauses.They are the reason for terrorism in our country.Simple action will not deter them from criminality as we seen the terrorist too.

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Bukhari

Sep 25, 2015 10:35am

I am appalled at by the audacity shown by our corrupt police mafia !!

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PAK is in Me

Sep 25, 2015 10:49am

These policemen are beasts.Poor Shepherd deserves justice.

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Kamal Pasha

Sep 25, 2015 10:50am

The police of the country is the biggest problem and are busy collecting bribes the whole day. Policemen should also be brought before the military courts.

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Skeptic

Sep 25, 2015 10:53am

punjab police is beyond reform

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Imanulhaque

Sep 25, 2015 11:21am

Shame on these ,they should be made to pay for their loses and loose jobs pensions and prison them together with their hierarchy for the negligence under their command.

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Faruk

Sep 25, 2015 11:30am

I think police officers involved should pay the lose to the Shepherd and also face justice. Just imagine if this had happened in a western country? They would have been behind the bars.

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Sam

Sep 25, 2015 11:35am

It's not just police, everything is a mess in punjab.

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AKB

Sep 25, 2015 11:38am

It is a positive step and needs to be taken every time when Policemen misuse their power. The drivers and travelers are fed up with their behavior when they travel on the roads because policemen ask for bribes on every check post from the people doing lawful business. The truck drivers who travel long distances and become restless during journey, have brought few under the truck tyres but even than no one is spared.

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Sep 25, 2015 12:03pm

2.5 Million ? That means each banda was worth Rs 62500 ? I think this story went on social media, hence all the reaction. Most mandis in Pakistani smaller cities or some large ones are scattered around railway tracks. Though it would 've interesting to see witness accounts in this case as herding the sheep's also sounds quite bizarre, how could they take 40 sheep's on track at the same time

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Sohail

Sep 25, 2015 12:42pm

Unfortunately the poor shepherd will return to his home town and no one will be left to pursue his case in court and these culprits will be freed to corrupt this society further.

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Atif

Sep 25, 2015 12:51pm

More than the police, I would blame it on the people of punjab. They have refused to punish their rulers, and have rather encouraged them to continue their substandard way of ruling by re-electing the same lot again for over 35 years.

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Reality

Sep 26, 2015 01:03am

"POLICE" ,with their unbridled highhandedness, are the cause for terrorism. As such, all such cases should be referred to Military courts.

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Rizwan Khan

Sep 26, 2015 01:09pm

The police in Pakistan are corrupt to the core. The are usually complicit in band and home robberies. When caught, they buy or extort their way through contacts to work another day and reek havoc. Kindly disband them or try their cases through army courts and the strictest punishment possible should be reserved for them as they have broken trust in the public domain

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