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.

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Published in Dawn, September 25th, 2015

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