Jaipur: A man from Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district died of a beating he got while he was ferrying cattle bought at a fair in Bhilwara, police on Tuesday said.

It was alleged that Aasif alias Sheru was thrashed by unknown men over suspicion of cow smuggling.

Sheru succumbed at SMS hospital in Jaipur, where he was rushed in a wounded state, police said.

His cousin, Manzoor Pemla, who was with him at the time, was also assaulted, but he managed to escape.

According to a complaint filed at Banera Police Station on September 17 by Manzoor, the incident took place around 3 am when he and Sheru were on their way in a pickup van with a few bovines they had purchased from a cattle fair in Raila, Bhilwara.

Manzoor alleged that a silver-coloured camper tailed their van and soon intercepted i

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