Jalna, Oct 8 (PTI) A group of men allegedly assaulted seven persons transporting cattle after accusing them of taking the bovine animals for slaughter in Maharashtra’s Jalna district, police said on Wednesday.

The Tehsil police on Tuesday registered a case against 10 to 20 unidentified persons in connection with the attack.

According to the 62-year-old complainant, Nisar Patel, his employer Padam Rajput purchased 21 bulls from a weekly market in Phulambri tehsil of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and the cattle were being taken to Latur district. Show Full Article

When the vehicles carrying the animals reached Londewadi village in Jalna tehsil, a group of persons intercepted them, accusing the transporters of taking the cattle for slaughter, the complainant said.

Despite being told that the

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