Hyderabad, Oct 23 (PTI) Three persons, including a cattle transporter, were on Thursday arrested in connection with the attempted murder case wherein a 28-year-old 'gau rakshak' (Protector of Cows) was shot at and injured near here, police said.

The incident occurred in Ghatkesar on Wednesday evening, when the prime accused, a 24-year-old, who is into the cattle transport business, opened fire at B Prashanth Kumar alias Sonu Singh, a 'Gau Rakshak Dal' activist.

According to police, Kumar was called to the location by one of his friends, where he met the other accused and they had a discussion for an hour.

The accused confronted him for exposing their "illegal" cattle transportation, and in the ensuing argument, the prime accused retrieved a gun from his car and allegedly shot Kumar on t

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