Mumbai: Heavy rain in Mumbai not only disturbed daily routine life of the people, but also affected the festival of ‘Bakrid’. Sohail priced the goat at Rs 1,00,00,786 the heavy rains have dampened the market.
Every customer is asking for a lower price because goats got wet in Tuesday rains. As “Eid is drawing close. We can’t take risk,” says Gopalrao Sohail, Kapil’s father. The goat is now priced at Rs 51,00,786.
This Bakra is known as “Allah wala bakra” as a waving banner announces. 15 month old this Bakra has an unusual brown spot underneath its neck that resembles the Arabic symbol of ‘Allah’ on its white fur.
“This is sent to us by god,” owner Kapil Sohail says. He came all the way from Ajmer to put the goat up on display on Wednesday in Deonar abattoir. “It took us four days to travel from Ajmer till here. I reared this goat in my house,” he says.
In two days, several maulvis and qazis have come to see the goat. Several “exclaimed” at the distinct allah mark that the goat’s neck showed, the owners say. “They all showed interest but kept bargaining,” Sohail said.
The father-son duo brings over 40 goats every year to Deonar for Eid. In Ajmer, Gopalrao works as a painter and rears goats in his house. He has been selling goats for seven years.
