The official said he wanted to ride a horse to work as he cannot use his two-wheeler owing to some issue in his spine.

As per a January 15 notification of the Delhi government, no equine movement to and from the national capital was allowed for three months to check the contagious infection.

It can be contracted by humans for whom it will be fatal in extreme cases.

The owner of the animals, Kamlesh, said the horses and donkey were released on Monday evening.