PSA slapped on bovine smuggler in Ramban

Ramban, July 6: Ramban Police slapped the Public Safety Act (PSA) on a bovine smuggler for his repeated involvement in bovine smuggling in Ramban and its adjoining areas.

Police sources said a bovine smuggler, Imtiaz Ahmed @ Maju, son of the late Manzoor Ahmed, resident of Rakh Jarog, tehsil Batote, Ramban, under preventive detention for his repeated involvement in bovine smuggling in Ramban and its adjoining areas.

They said on the directions of Senior Superintendent of Police District Ramban, Anuj Kumar a dossier on Imtiaz Ahmed was prepared and sent to the District Magistrate Ramban for approval. Subsequently, the case was duly processed and, after obtaining sanction from the competent authority under Section 8 of the Public Safety Act (PSA) 1978, the bovine smuggler was detained under PSA.

The accused had been absconding to evade the execution of the PSA warrant. To ensure the warrant was executed, SSP Ramban, Anuj Kumar constituted a special police team. This dedicated team, through diligent efforts, arrested Imtiaz Ahmed and lodged him in district Jail Jammu under the Public Safety Act.