Seized Camels return to Natural Habitat, the Role of Darrang Police Lauded

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MANGALDAI: Darrang Police, after a grim legal battle, achieved remarkable success in protecting the rights of animals as per the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act by returning five camels to their natural habitat in Rajasthan from where they were smuggled out by some unscrupulous individuals with an ulterior motive. Superintendent of Police of Darrang district, Amrit Bhuyan has played an exemplary role in protecting the camels as per the provisions of law.

On August 10 on the eve of Eid-ul- Zuha, Mangaldai Police seized one camel while Dhula Police seized five camels, which were brought to the district from Rajasthan, thereby violating the provisions of the Rajasthan Camel (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act 2015. As per section 5(1) of the said Act, no person shall export or cause to be exported any camel himself or through his agent, servant, or other persons acting on his behalf from any place within the State to any place outside the State for the purpose of slaughter or with the knowledge that it may be or is likely to be slaughtered.

However, some people from Darrang district somehow managed to bring the camels to Assam from a faraway place in Jaipur. Unfortunately, one of the seized camels, being unable to acclimatize with the climate of Assam, died.

However, the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate in Mangaldai on August 16 granted responsibility of the camels to the self-claimed owner who was responsible for the offence. With the cooperation of Darrang Superintendent of Police Amrit Bhuyan, Honorary State Animal Welfare Officer of Animal Welfare Board of India and working chairman of Jan Chetana Abhiyan aur Andolan, Sujeet Kumar Choudhury filed a petition before the Sessions Judge, Darrang against the order passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate. The Sessions Judge in the judgment passed on August 30, set aside the order passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate and ordered for handing over of the seized camels to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or Animal Welfare Organization and also asked the district administration to take the seized camels to their natural habitat in Rajasthan as the climate of Assam was not suitable for camels.

Accordingly, Darrang Police on Wednesday escorted the camels in two trucks with security to Rajasthan where they will be handed over to the District Magistrate of Jaipur-cum- chairman of Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Darrang Superintendent of Police Amrit Bhuyan, Additional Superintendent of Police Ujjwal Pratim Barua, Officer in-charge of Mangaldai Police Station, Inspector Niranjan Barua and a large number of inquisitive people flagged off the journey of these camels towards their home State. The role of Darrang Police in protecting the rights of the animals has been widely appreciated.

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