Six arrested for transporting cattle to slaughter houses illegally

The Yeshwanthpur police have seized two trucks and arrested six persons who were carrying cattle to slaughter houses.

Based on a tip-off, a team of police confronted two trucks and found 41 cattle being transported from neighbouring areas without valid documents. The police have arrested the truck drivers and four others and sent the cattle to Prani Daya Sangha rescue centre.

The police suspect that the accused either purchased the cattle from poor farmers or might have stolen them to sell in slaughter houses. A case has been registered under the Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act against the accused.