Eid at gunpoint: 70 cows stolen from Karachi farm
Around 30-35 armed men enter cattle farm, use jute bags to load 70 cows on to a truck.
KARACHI:
Armed men stole 70 sacrificial cows from a Saylani Welfare Trust cattle farm in Karachi on Wednesday.
Muhammad Amir Iqbal, joint secretary of the trust, said more than 700 animals were being kept at the cattle farm located in Bhains Colony, Landhi. The trust carries out collective sacrifice at the site on Eidul Azha.
Around 30-35 armed men had climbed into the farm at 4:00am by placing ladders on the boundary walls and took 17 people, two guards and 15 others present, hostage and tied them in a room. Mushtaq, the night in-charge, and others were also tortured by the armed men.
Weapons belonging to the guards, mobile phones and Rs50-60,000 cash was also taken from the farm.
The men brought a truck into the farm and used jute bags to build steps for loading the cattle.
The incident took place between 4:00am and 6:00am.
An FIR has been registered at Shah Latif police station by Abdul Waheed, who is the branch in-charge of the cattle farm, on behalf of the Salyani Welfare Trust.
Armed men stole 70 sacrificial cows from a Saylani Welfare Trust cattle farm in Karachi on Wednesday.
Muhammad Amir Iqbal, joint secretary of the trust, said more than 700 animals were being kept at the cattle farm located in Bhains Colony, Landhi. The trust carries out collective sacrifice at the site on Eidul Azha.
Around 30-35 armed men had climbed into the farm at 4:00am by placing ladders on the boundary walls and took 17 people, two guards and 15 others present, hostage and tied them in a room. Mushtaq, the night in-charge, and others were also tortured by the armed men.
Weapons belonging to the guards, mobile phones and Rs50-60,000 cash was also taken from the farm.
The men brought a truck into the farm and used jute bags to build steps for loading the cattle.
The incident took place between 4:00am and 6:00am.
An FIR has been registered at Shah Latif police station by Abdul Waheed, who is the branch in-charge of the cattle farm, on behalf of the Salyani Welfare Trust.