Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Bajrang Dal activists stopped
vehicles transporting cattle to Goa in the belief that they were
being transported illegally to slaughterhouses. Upon inquiry, it
was found that they were purchased for distribution as part of
an animal husbandry scheme.  According to Hubli-Dharwad Police
Commissioner B.A. Padmanayana, the activists informed the police
and stopped the lorries late on Sunday. The police found 36 head
of cattle of the Jersey breed being transported from Erode in
Tamil Nadu to Goa, to be distributed to farmers by the Goa
Animal Husbandry Department.  However, as the documentation was
not clear, the police seized the cattle.  On Monday, officials
from the department arrived here and took back the cattle after
producing the required documents.  Mr. Padmanayana said that
although some norms pertaining to transportation of cattle were
violated, they were petty offences.  He added that he had
received no complaints about the activists assaulting the lorry
driver.