On the Lucknow-Delhi National Highway in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, a car collided with a car divider near Hulasangra overbridge in Fatehganj Eastern. Ten langurs were being filled for smuggling in this car. The smugglers present in the car escaped after the accident. While the local people and police reached the spot and opened the sacks kept in the car, eight langurs escaped from him. While two were seriously injured.
After this incident at around 3 pm, the stir on the highway increased for some time. Local people immediately informed the police. Police and forest department team reached the spot and sent the injured langurs to the veterinary hospital for treatment. Veterinary Officer Ashish Singh said that the hand of a female langur has been broken and if there is no improvement soon, he can be referred to RBI Bareilly.
Identification and investigation of smugglers continues
Police investigation has revealed that Alto was running the car, Yasin son Naeem, a resident of Trilokipur Tilayani in Fatehpur district. At the same time, the name of the owner of the car is Viresh’s son Shyamu, who is a resident of village Kola Ahadpur in Jalalabad. His location has been found in Delhi. The police is investigating the matter intensively so that this network of langur smuggling can be exposed.
The case of langur smuggling came forward
In Bareilly and surrounding areas, there have been cases of smuggling of wildlife earlier, but this case of smuggling of langurs is shocking. Initial investigation has revealed that these langurs were pacified by giving drug injections. So that they cannot do any movement during the journey. It is also being doubted that these langurs were being taken for a particular tantric ritual or any other illegal work.
Police and forest department team engaged in investigation
The forest department and the police team are now trying to reach the smugglers by adding links of this entire case. Also, it is also being investigated from where these langurs were caught and where they were being taken. Police said that no report has been filed in this case so far, but legal action will be taken soon.