Ayodhya: Horrifying! Man caught on camera raping cows at cattle shelter; thrashed by volunteers, arrested

In a spine-chilling incident, a man from Ayodhya, formerly known as Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh, was reportedly held for raping cows at a cattle shelter in the city. According to reports, the accused Rajkumar was caught red-handed by volunteers of the shelter, run by Kartaliya Baba Ashram.

The accused hails from Gonda in Nawabganj and frequently visited the shelter. The volunteers came across CCTV footage that showed Rajkumar raping the cows in the shelter home, following which they started keeping eye on the shelter.

When the accused returned to the cattle shelter and attempted to sexually assault the voiceless animals again, the volunteers then thrashed the accused before handing him to the police.

The accused claimed that he was under the influence of alcohol. "I was drunk, I don't know what I did, I only remember that I was beaten by both, people who caught me and the police," Rajkumar told India Today TV.

The Kartaliya Baba Ashram's priest Ramdas is inconsolable. "CCTV footage shows the man doing unspeakable acts with seven cows one by one. We have caught him and brought to the police station. The act has left us distraught, we are unable to understand this," the teary-eyed priest said.

According to report in India Today, the accused has been arrested and booked under sections 376 and 511 of the Indian Penal Code for cruelty against animals, Ayodhya SSP Jogendra Kumar said, adding these correspond to charges of animal cruelty.

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