India News | Smuggling Bid Foiled, 21 Cows Rescued in Alwar
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Twenty-one cows were rescued in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Monday when they were being taken to Haryana to be slaughtered, police said.
Jaipur, Mar 7 (PTI) Twenty-one cows were rescued in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Monday when they were being taken to Haryana to be slaughtered, police said.
The smugglers transporting the animals in a truck, however, managed to escape, they said.
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The truck was initially signalled to stop at a checkpoint in the Bansur police station area but it sped away. A police team gave chase and found the vehicle abandoned near the Kundli river bridge, Alwar Superintendent of Police Tejaswani Gautam said,.
Twenty-four cows were found on the truck. Three of them were dead and 21 were handed over to a shelter, she said.
The SP said 10 litres of hooch was also found in the cabin of the vehcile.
The truck has been seized and a case registered under sections of the IPC, Excise Act and the Rajasthan Bovine Animals (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Act, she added.
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