Cow vigilantes torch truck transporting bovine animals
Monday - December 3, 2018 7:08 pm ,
Category : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Jammu, Dec 3 (IANS) Police used batons and tear smoke to disperse protesters on Monday after cow vigilantes torched a truck carrying bovine animals in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district -- after setting them free.Police said the truck was transporting cows and buffaloes in Pathwal village of Hiranagar area.The driver and helper of the truck escaped after abandoning it when a mob stopped the vehicle alleging that bovine animals were being carried for smuggling.The protesters freed the animals and later torched the truck. "The protesters tried to block the Jammu-Pathankot highway. Police used batons and tear smoke to clear the highway," a police officer said.
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