A mob in Nagrota area here torched a truck carrying about 10 bovines, the police said. On specific inputs about smuggling of bovines, the police laid a check post and intercepted a truck near Ban Toll Plaza in Nagrota area, an official said.
The truck driver while trying to escape hit and injured a policeman. The police chased the truck and rescued eight of the 10 bovines, though two of them died of injuries.