Search operation launched to locate buffaloes missing from the farmhouse of of a BJP MLA Suresh Rahi.
It seems some things don't change in Uttar Pradesh irrespective of which party is in power. In an incident similar to past when UP Police searched desperately for SP leader Azam Khan's lost buffaloes, now police in Sitapur district have launched a search operation to trace buffaloes of a BJP MLA. The police is looking for a pair of buffaloes missing from the farmhouse of of a BJP MLA Suresh Rahi, son of former Congress Union Minister Ram Lal Rahi.
A complaint was lodged by the caretaker of BJP MLA’s farmhouse that a buffalo and her calf was stolen by someone on Saturday night. The farm-house is situated about 90 kms from Lucknow near Sitapur district jail. Suresh Rahi is BJP MLA from Hargaon Assembly constituency in the district and his father Ram Lal Rahi was a former Congress Union minister in the PVNarsimha Rao government.
Since the complaint was from the BJP MLA’s caretaker, the police swung into action promptly and lodged an FIR against unidentified miscreants at Sitapur Police Kotwali. Two teams were formed and several places in adjoining areas were raided in search of the BJP MLA’s buffaloes.
“Like in other such cases, we have registered a theft case and formed teams to recover the cattle,” said Yogendra Singh, the Circe Officer (CO). The Sitapur Police is under tremendous pressure from the BJP MLA Suresh Rahi to recover his buffaloes at the earliest.
Earlier, in a similar case, Rampur Police had launched a massive search operation when senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s buffaloes went missing. Under tremendous pressure from Azam Khan, the police search operation went till stolen cattle were recovered and handed it back to the former minister. The issue had made national headlines and then Akhilesh government had drawn flak for allowing police to search of Azam’s buffaloes instead of nabbing criminals to check ever-rising crime incidents in the state. To ridicule the police action, a Congress leader from Rampur had written a letter to then Governor requesting him to direct the police to locate his stolen rooster.
Since then there have been several instances where police have launched investigation to locate missing animals belonging to influential people. A senior police officer in Kanpur district had pressed the entire police station to look-out for his missing German Shepherd.
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