MP cops nab 9 while ferrying 50 cows to Maharashtra for slaughter

KHARGONE: Nine people were arrested in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday while allegedly trying to transport 50 cows for slaughter in Maharashtra. All of them are from Punjab.
SP Dharamraj Meena told TOI the arrests were made following a tip-off. Three of the accused are from Amritsar, five from Gurdaspur and one from Taran Taran, he said, adding they had travelled about 1,300km from Punjab before being intercepted on Agra-Mumbai National Highway in the temple town of Maheshwar.Police set up checkpoints on the highway and inspected trucks. "The cows were being transported cruelly in four trucks from Punjab. The accused said they used to travel only at night and rest in a dhaba during the day," Meena said.
The arrested suspects claimed they did not know whom the cows were to be delivered to, and that all they knew was the destination.
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