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Cops unimpressed by cow-and-bull story on Mumbai’s roads
Updated On: 22 June, 2023 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Police slap animal cruelty cases against those using bovines on footpaths for money
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Passers-by gave Chavan money for fodder and upkeep of the cows. Representational pic
The Mumbai police have been taking action against illegal hawkers and also those sitting on footpaths with cows that passers-by feed. Earlier this month, the Azad Maidan police booked a 45-year-old woman—Swati Chavan—for occupying a footpath with three cows in Fort. The police took away her cows, but a court has now ordered that they be returned to Chavan.
The Mumbai police, as part of its anti-encroachment drive against illegal hawkers, also registered cases of animal cruelty against individuals involved in the care of cows on the streets. Swati Chavan, who occupied a footpath with three cows in Fort, was also booked and her three cows seized. She then approached the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, which ordered that the animals be released to her custody. However, Chavan alleges that the gaushala (animal shelter) has slapped caretaking charges of Rs 1,000 per day for each animal, and now she will have to shell out Rs 45,000 to get them released.
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