Three men, who were allegedly roughed up by members of an animal rights group in Kalkaji area on Saturday night for transporting buffaloes in a truck, have been arrested for inhuman transportation of animals.
Two FIRs were filed — one against the three men transporting the cattle and another against those who assaulted them.
The trio have been booked for mischief by killing or maiming cattle and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act as they were carrying more number of animals in a truck than rules permit.
The men had legal transit papers for transporting the animals.
The second case of voluntarily causing hurt and wrongful restraint was registered against members of the People For Animals (PFA), according to police officers.
As per the complaint filed by those transporting the cattle, the unidentified assailants were members of the PFA — an NGO founded and chaired by Union Minister Maneka Gandhi.
However, the animal rights body has denied any association with the incident.
According to the police, they received a PCR call in the night from Gaurav Gupta, an animal rights activist and member of the PFA, claiming that buffaloes were being transported illegally to Ghazipur.
Later, a few animal rights activists arrived in three cars with PFA stickers and intercepted the truck, police sources added.
These activists, led by Mr. Gupta, then allegedly roughed up the occupants of the truck.
