Police arrested four people late on Monday for allegedly attacking and torching trucks full of cows near Barmer in Rajasthan as Tamil Nadu officials said they are scared to travel across Rajasthan and other states. A mob of around 50 people intercepted five trucks late on Sunday on suspicion that the cows were being smuggled but police said the animals had been legally bought by the Tamil Nadu government under a scheme to protect them. Before reaching Tamil Nadu, we have to cross various states and we are not in a position to take any risks,” said R Arvind, a veterinary doctor travelling in one of the trucks. The Tamil Nadu officials said before they could understand anything, the mob started pelting stones at them and started attacking the drivers and other staff, adding that they also set afire to a truck full of cows. Barmer Police have shifted the cows to a cow shelter home in Barmer city till the officials of Tamilnadu animal husbandry department arrange new means of transportation.

Source: Hindustan Times June 13, 2017 08:58 UTC