Bhatkal: As the Eid-ul-Adha gets closer, rounding up of animals has increased two fold. The latest rounding up of cattle has taken place in Ankola, the cattle were being transported to Bhatkal.

12 large sized animals have been seized and 5 persons were arrested. Among 5 arrested persons, 3 belonged to Bhatkal and they were identified as Mohammed Salman Sufi Byari(22) of Purvarga, Bhatkal, Mohammed Ayyub Abu Mohammed Haider (24) of Kokti Nagar, Bhatkal and Saroz Hussain Aslam Shahbandri (25) of Bunder Road, Bhatkal and the other two were the lorry driver Ubaidur Rahman wahab(23) of Megha Nagar,Savanur and Ramesh Sidappa of Raichur

Night police patrolling in the Baleguli area near Ankola seized a truck carrying cattle. PSI Nischal Kumar with his associates tried to stop the truck but the driver did not stop and fled speeding away. Police chasing them instructed the other officials to stop the truck by erecting barricades near JC College. After a brief chase when the truck reached near JC College, the police successfully managed to stop the truck. After checking the truck they found 12 heavy sized sacrificial animals, which have been seized and kept in Ankola Police Station.

The Eid-ul-Adha is to be celebrated on 27th of October and the Muslims are into full-fledge preparations of carrying on their religious obligations. On the occasion, the Muslims perform their religious duties of performing animal sacrifice as an order from Almighty Allah. But, the episodes of animal seizing which are being carried out from last few years have put the Muslim folks into a lot of trouble. The police on one side are trying to interfere with the religious duties of Muslims by stopping them from sacrificing the animals, whereas, on other side, some Hindu outfits are also trying to create some or the other nuisance to trouble the Muslims on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha.