Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong, who is also responsible for the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, said today that the police should refrain from entertaining baseless complaints that target the state unfairly.
Tynsong was referring to the FIR filed at the Khanapara Police Outpost by the People for Animals, India and Gau Gyan Foundation, which alleged that cruelty was being meted out to bovines at the Khanapara cattle market in Ri-Bhoi.
“From now on FIRs filed by anybody have to be examined properly by the concerned authority. I have even spoken personally to the SP (Superintendent of Police) that FIRs should not be entertained by organisations from Delhi when they know nothing about the prevailing regulations and acts,” the Deputy CM said while replying to a short duration discussion.
On the temporary closure of the Khanapara market, Tynsong said that he has spoken to the Syiem of Mylliem, the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) and the Ri-Bhoi Deputy Commissioner and the market will reopen in a day or two.
Tynsong also informed that discussions are ongoing to identify a location for a new cattle market.
“The government will create permanent infrastructure at that location in the form of a dispensary which will function 24×7,” he said.
On the issue of cattle smuggling to Bangladesh, Tynsong said that joint meetings are carried out periodically between the Border Security Force and the state police to stop such activities.
Earlier, moving the short duration discussion, Congress MLA from Umroi, George B Lyngdoh, said that there is no proper identification of genuine buyers of cattle from the market and this contributes to the problem of smuggling.
He suggested that a registration system for genuine buyers should be implemented.
