Woman says attacked by ‘cattle smugglers’

In the complaint submitted to the SHO, Inspector Mukesh, Sharma claimed the incident took place at 2.30 am on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday.

A woman has registered a case at Sohna City police station in Gurgaon alleging that cattle smugglers, travelling in a tempo, opened fire at her friend and her on Sunday night, while they were travelling on the Gurgaon-Sohna road. The woman, Sonia Sharma, is a citizen of UK, police said.

In the complaint submitted to the SHO, Inspector Mukesh, Sharma claimed the incident took place at 2.30 am on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. She alleged that they first noticed the tempo “racing at a dangerous speed”, despite being devoid of tyres on the rear end and “moving just on rims”. She told police that the vehicle was “laden with cows”.

Sharma claimed that she tried to get the vehicle to slow down. The people in the tempo, however, opened fire, and “threw cows” at them, she claimed.

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Inspector Mukesh said two FIRs had been lodged in the matter. “The gau rakshaks also had the vehicle in sight. They captured the vehicle late at night and we have registered an FIR on the basis of their complaint. Sharma approached us later,” he said.

He also said the vehicle, with three cows, has been recovered. “It appears that they threw some cows at the women, since we found the animals injured at different points along the road. A country-made gun has also been recovered,” he said, adding that a probe is underway.

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