BSF rescues 25 cattle heads

SHILLONG, Jan 30: Troopers of 4th Battalion BSF while on vigil rescued 25 cattle from the Indo-Bangla border area in East Khasi Hills on Sunday. The cattle were being smuggled from India to Bangladesh through the international border.
Mobile check post of the BSF deployed in Nongskhen area in East Khasi Hills observed that smugglers were taking cattle towards the international border through forest area. After being intercepted, smugglers fled the scene abandoning the cattle.
Smugglers often hide cattle in the forest area and try to cross them through unfenced patches on getting the opportunity.
It may be noted that the BSF has seized 3,481 cattle in 2022 along the border in a bid to make the border crime and smuggling free.