Shahjahapur,

03 June (HS): Two cow smugglers were injured in a shootout between the police

and cow smugglers. The police arrested the injured smugglers and admitted them

to the district hospital for treatment.

Superintendent

of Police Rajesh Dwivedi said on Tuesday that around 2 o'clock in the night,

there was an encounter between the police and cow smugglers near the old canal

house on the road to village Inayatpur in the Nigohi police station area.

During this, the smugglers, seeing themselves surrounded, opened fire on the

police team. After which the police team took charge and in the retaliatory

action taken by the police, Bareilly resident Mohammad Shanu and Pilibhit

resident Anees were injured by bullets in their legs. The police arrested the

injured smugglers. The police recovered illegal weapons, cartridges, animal

slaughtering tools and an Ertiga car from the possession of the smugglers.

SP

told that on May 31, smugglers along with some of their associates were loading

bovine animals on a pickup vehicle in village Chakramali. When police reached

the spot after getting the information, cow smugglers fled leaving the animals

behind. Police freed all bovine animals and sent them to Gaushala under the

supervision of village pradhan. Police was engaged in investigation of the smugglers

since then. He told that the arrested smugglers have told the names of some of

their associates to police. Police is making efforts to arrest them. Many

criminal cases are already registered against both the smugglers.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi