Fri Jul 25 18:35:20 UTC 2025: **Summary:**
The Telangana High Court has issued a notice to the Telangana state government regarding a writ petition filed by Swathi Shinde, a pregnant woman from Adilabad. She alleges her husband, Rohit Shinde, is being falsely implicated in criminal cases by the police because he exposed a “transport mafia” involved in illegal cattle sales and had evidence of collusion between law enforcement and cattle smugglers. She claims her family was threatened after her husband released a video exposing the alleged false charges. She is seeking a fair inquiry into the Adilabad district police.
**News Article:**
**Telangana High Court Orders Inquiry into Cattle Smuggling Allegations**
**HYDERABAD, July 26, 2025** – The Telangana High Court has ordered the state government to respond to allegations of police corruption and false imprisonment related to cattle smuggling. A notice was issued to key state officials, including the Principal Home Secretary and the Director General of Police, following a writ petition filed by Swathi Shinde, a pregnant woman from Adilabad.
Shinde claims her husband, Rohit Shinde, is being targeted by local police in retaliation for his attempts to expose a “transport mafia” involved in illegal cattle sales. According to the petition, Mr. Shinde possessed substantial evidence of a connection between law enforcement personnel and those engaged in the illegal trade.
“My husband alerted the district police about illegal cattle transporters for quite some time since he had crucial details about them,” Swathi Shinde stated in her petition. She further alleged that police officers, in plain clothes, threatened her and her family after her husband released a video alleging his false implication in prior criminal cases.
The petition seeks a formal inquiry into the actions of Adilabad district police officials, accusing them of colluding with cattle smugglers. Justice T. Vinod Kumar has scheduled the next hearing for the petition in two weeks.
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