Jammu: PSA slapped on cattle smuggler

Jammu: A notorious bovine smuggler hailing from Rajdhani village of Thanamandi in Rajouri was booked under Public Safety Act (PSA).

A police spokesman identified the bovine smuggler as Imran Ahmed son of Shabir Ahmed of village Rajdhani in Tehsil Thanamandi Rajouri.

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A police spokesperson said that the accused has been booked under Public Safety Act for smuggling bovines and hence posing a threat to peace and order.

He did not change his behaviour despite being booked in several FIRs and arrest by police in these cases but he continued his illegal and unlawful activity of smuggling bovines.

“The cases in which the accused has been booked earlier include FIR No. 71/2018 of Police Station Dharamsal, 155/2019 of Police Station Akhnoor, 93/2020 of Police Station Nowshera, 129/2020 of Police Station Nowshera, 171/2020 of Police Station Thanamandi, 117/2021 of Police Station Nowshera,” it said.

“Police said that keeping in view the activities of said accused as his activities amounts to propagating and creating feelings of enmity, hatred among communities, the accused was ordered to be detained under section 8 of Public Safety Act and has been lodged in jail,” it added.

Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri Amritpal Singh said that many people in the district have been booked under PSA in last couple of weeks.