<p class="title">Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) district president Prashant Nayak accused the government of failing to check the increasing theft of cattle across the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nayak after meeting families who had lost 22 cattle in Karkala, expressed regret that despite the fact that taluk has an MLA who claims to be a protector of cows, farmers and their cattle are not safe from cattle lifters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The MLA only gave one cattle to the family who had lost 22 and told the police not to let such crimes recur again, he added. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Nayak warned that if the district administration fails to prevent cattle thefts, HJV members will take the law into their own hands.</p>
<p class="title">Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) district president Prashant Nayak accused the government of failing to check the increasing theft of cattle across the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nayak after meeting families who had lost 22 cattle in Karkala, expressed regret that despite the fact that taluk has an MLA who claims to be a protector of cows, farmers and their cattle are not safe from cattle lifters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The MLA only gave one cattle to the family who had lost 22 and told the police not to let such crimes recur again, he added. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Nayak warned that if the district administration fails to prevent cattle thefts, HJV members will take the law into their own hands.</p>