BENGALURU: In a gory incident, a cow that had strayed into an empty plot died a painful death when a gang of unidentified miscreants tried to steal it on Saturday night. According to the KR Puram police, the miscreants, who had found the cow in the empty plot, had tied its four legs and were trying to drag it when the animal got caught in the barbed wire. The cow died while struggling to free itself from the wires which had pierced the body.
A senior police officer said that the incident took place on Saturday night at Bettarahalli in K.R. Puram. The cow belonged to Govindaswamy, who in his complaint to the K.R. Puram police said that the cow had managed to untie itself and strayed into the empty land about 400 metres away from his house. Govindaswamy and his father Narayanappa, who are farmers, started a search for the cow. Around 10 pm, they found it dead in a pool of blood with its legs tied and body entangled in the barbed wire fencing.
Prima facie, it appeared that the miscreants, seeing a milking cow grazing in an empty land, had tried to steal it, the police said. They tied its four legs and dragged it. But, when the animal got caught in the barbed wire, they abandoned it and escaped, the police said. After Govindaswamy’s complaint, the police visited the spot and carried out a probe. A case Under Section 379 (theft) has been registered at the K R Puram police station and the police are analyzing nearby CCTV footage to establish the identity of the miscreants.
