The lethal viral infection, spread by vectors including parasitic ticks and mosquito bites, has spread in hundreds of villages in ten districts including Patna.
An incident of firing on miscreants along the India-Bangladesh border by the police to prevent them from entering illegally was reported in Assam's Karimganj district, officials said on Wednesday.
Since January 1 till November 30 this year, the troops of BSF under Guwahati Frontier have rescued 8,678 cattle heads, seized 41,876 phensydyl bottles, 5,023 kgs of ganja, 43,719 Yaba tablets (worth Rs 2.18 crore) and 5,13,000 FICN, added officials.
Two alleged Bangladeshi cattle smugglers were shot dead by the BSF in Kaimari in Coochbehar in West Bengal on Wednesday after they adopted an "aggressive posture" in their attempt to "smuggle cattle heads", despite repeated verbal warnings.
Nagaon (Assam) [India], October 2 (ANI): Assam Police on Saturday foiled a smuggling attempt and rescued 34 cattle heads from a bus in Nagaon district.
Nagaon (Assam) [India], September 30 (ANI): Assam police arrested four cattle smugglers and rescued nine cattle heads in Borghat area of Nagaon district, an official said Friday.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Tripura unit of Border Security Force (BSF) in its 'Special Operations', foiled another trans-border smuggling attempt across the India-Bangladesh International Border and seized items worth more than Rs 2.29 crores and arrested two smugglers, in
Nagaon (Assam) [India], May 14 (ANI): Assam Police on Friday arrested nine people for allegedly smuggling cattle from Dhemaji to Nagaon and from Nagaon to Shillong.
Biswanath (Assam) [India], May 9 (ANI): Police on Sunday rescued 21 cattle heads from a truck and apprehended two persons in Assam's Biswanath district.
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], May 8 (ANI): BSF Meghalaya on Saturday seized 47 cattle heads from the border area of West Khasi Hills and South West Khasi Hills districts which were meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh, informed the BSF on Sunday.
Biswanath (Assam) [India], April 25 (ANI): The Assam Police seized a truck with 29 cattle heads and arrested three persons in Biswanath district on Sunday night, police said on Monday.