Medininagar, Oct 27 Seventy-three cattle were rescued, and six people were arrested for illegally transporting the animals in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Tuesday, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team set up checkpoints at several locations and rescued the cattle from two container trucks near Jond village within Sadar police station limits around 2.30 am, they said.
“We rescued 73 cattle from the seized container trucks. Six people involved in transporting the cattle have been arrested,” Medininagar SDPO Rajesh Yadav said.
Among the six people arrested, two are residents of Uttar Pradesh, and four are residents of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand, he said.
The accused told investigators they were transporting cattle from Lohardaga to Dehri on-Sone in Bihar. Further investigation is underway, the officer said.
(PTI News)
