Agartala, Nov 8 (PTI) Police on Thursday arrested five people from a minority community for allegedly slaughtering a cow at Bankul in South Tripura district.

The five were held on the basis of a complaint from villagers, they said.

"We arrested them on Wednesday and placed the accused before the court of Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate of Sabroom. The court released them on bail," SP Jaal Singh Meena told PTI.

A case was lodged against the five -- hailing from Assam's Kamrup area -- under relevant sections of the IPC, Officer-in-Charge of Sabroom police station, Kamal Kar Choudhury said.

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