Ahead of Eid al Adha, police tighten cattle checks on Hyderabad outskirts

 A fortnight left for Eid al Adha, the police authorities have stepped up vigil on the city outskirts to prevent illegal transportation of cattle into Hyderabad.

The Rachakonda and Cyberabad police have set up check posts on the roads leading to Hyderabad and are conducting checks of jeeps and heavy vehicles entering the city.

The police



at the check post have been instructed by higher officials to seize the vehicles wherein cattle are transported in violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, those without medical certificates and cattle market bills.

The police were asked to shift the cattle to the GHMC holding point set up at different places and not gaushala run by private organisations.