Thane, May 15 (PTI) Seven buffaloes were killed and 15 others were injured after some unidentified person/s slit their throats and cut their leg veins in Bhiwandi in Thane district, a police official said.

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The incident took place in a 'tabela' in Bunder Mohalla in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, the Nixampura police station official said.

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"The motive may be professional rivalry. A case has been registered and efforts are on to nab the culprit/s," he said.

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