TWO were arrested for carrying 22 oxen in a container in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior, said local police, reported New Delhi's Asian News International.
The accused have been identified as Shafiq Qureshi and Salman Abbasi, residents of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. They were taking the oxen to Indore from Mehgaon locality in Bhind and were caught on the Gwalior-Shivpuri highway.
'Acting on information received,' said police, 'we started checking the vehicles. During the search, we stopped a container RJ11 GC 7624 in which 22 oxen were found.'
After that, the driver of the container and an associate were taken into custody. The oxen found in the container were sent to Gaushal located at Rani Ghati, police said.
'We have registered a case against the accused and they are being interrogated. During interrogation, they told us that they brought the oxen from Mehgaon locality in Bhind district and were taking them to a market called Khalghat near Indore. In the preliminary investigation, no previous criminal record of the accused has been found,' the officer said.
'An investigation into the matter is underway and the information received will be presented before the court, he said.
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The accused have been identified as Shafiq Qureshi and Salman Abbasi, residents of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. They were taking the oxen to Indore from Mehgaon locality in Bhind and were caught on the Gwalior-Shivpuri highway.
'Acting on information received,' said police, 'we started checking the vehicles. During the search, we stopped a container RJ11 GC 7624 in which 22 oxen were found.'
After that, the driver of the container and an associate were taken into custody. The oxen found in the container were sent to Gaushal located at Rani Ghati, police said.
'We have registered a case against the accused and they are being interrogated. During interrogation, they told us that they brought the oxen from Mehgaon locality in Bhind district and were taking them to a market called Khalghat near Indore. In the preliminary investigation, no previous criminal record of the accused has been found,' the officer said.
'An investigation into the matter is underway and the information received will be presented before the court, he said.
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