Nine individuals have been arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly assaulting cattle transporters and police officers after illegally stopping a vehicle carrying oxen. The incident occurred when a mob, suspecting the animals were for slaughter, attacked the transporters and police who intervened. Authorities are investigating and warning against taking the law into personal hands.
Nine individuals have been arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly assaulting cattle transporters and police officers after illegally stopping a vehicle carrying oxen. The incident occurred when a mob, suspecting the animals were being taken for slaughter, attacked the transporters and police who intervened. The accused have been remanded to judicial custody, and efforts are underway to apprehend the remaining suspects.
The bodies of two more students, out of the 24 missing, which were traced on Thursday in Beas river in Himachal Pradesh, will be flown to the city on Friday.
The state government has declared a holiday on Wednesday and Thursday for all private institutions, offices, non-essential services within Outer Ring Road here in view of rains.
The development comes days ahead of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state to inaugurate various projects.
Prohibitory orders were imposed in Delhi and parts of Karnataka. Police kept tight vigil in Kerala. In Gujarat, 50 people were arrested for Thursday's violence.
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