Sacrificial cow: 'Rajababu' price is 20 lakhs!

The Dhaka Times Desk When the Eid of Sacrifice comes, various stories start about the price of cows. This time is no exception. Already expensive cattle have started to rise in the market. Now the price of a cow called 'Rajababu' has increased to 20 lakhs!

The weight of 'Raja Babur' is 2 thousand 54 kg. But this Rajababu is not a human being. A large exotic cow reared in indigenous ways. Khannu Mia, a farmer of Delua village of Manikganj's Saturia upazila near Dhaka, caused a stir by rearing this cow. Every day many people come from far and wide to see this biggest cow of the district. This time the price of Rajababu weighing 52 maunds has been reduced to 20 lakh taka!

It is known that the house of Khannu Mia, the father of 6 daughters, is just a tin four-room house. Another printed room has been made in the form of a balcony. He reared the cow under it. At one time, he kept only milk cows. However, he has been fattening cows on the occasion of sacrifice for several years. Cow rearing has now become his main occupation.

Not today, but 3 years ago, farmer Khannu Mia bought a black and white Holstein Friesian bull. His school-going daughter Iti Akhtar named this bull ``Rajababu''. Iti and Ta mother-sisters raised this bull with utmost care. Iti Akhtar said that Rajababu is completely different from ordinary animals not only in his name but also in his food habits.

Iti said about Rajababu, apart from hay and husks, he was fed various kinds of food including apples, oranges, malta, bananas, sweet gourds, chira, molasses. He spends 1.5 to 2 thousand rupees every day for food. Not only that, Rajababu can't bear the heat again. Where he is kept there are 3 fans running all the time. So it is believed that their efforts will be worthwhile if they get a good price during the sacrifice.

Rajababu with 3 teeth is currently 3 years and 10 months old. Height 6 feet 6 inches. About 8 feet long. The width of the chest will be 12 feet. The mouth is about 32 feet 3 inches wide. The neck is 5 feet wide and the horn is 1 foot long. Buyers interested in buying Rajababu can contact mobile number 01784-864161. If the buyer wants, they are also interested in rearing the cow until the day before the sacrifice, they told the media.