Ahead of Eid ul-Adha, also known as Bakri Eid, Mumbai Police have registered three theft cases in the past two days. Bakrid will be celebrated in Maharashtra on Thursday, June 29.
As the crowd swells at Deonar’s goat market, thieves are taking advantage of the rush, stealing mobile phones and cash, a police officer said on Tuesday, June 27. According to an officer from the Deonar police station, two traders lost their mobile phones, each costing about INR 35,000, while another trader’s phone worth INR 10,500 was stolen.
In all cases, the traders said the phones were taken away by thieves when they were busy selling goats at the bustling market. The thieves move in groups to divert the attention of traders, the police officer said. They will scan the footage of CCTV cameras at the market. The police have also come across complaints of cash being stolen, the official said.
Moreover, a tussle erupted at a housing complex in Mumbai’s Mira Bhayandar area after a Muslim man brought two goats for their sacrifice on Bakrid on Tuesday, June 27. Irked residents recited Hanuman Chalisa and raised ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans on the housing premises to protest against the goats brought by the man, identified as Mohsin Sheikh.
The residents claimed the society has a rule that no livestock would be allowed on the premises, and demanded that the animals be taken out of the housing complex.
A case has been registered against 11 people under relevant sections of IPC for bringing the goats for sacrifice, police said.
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