Two beef, cattle-laden trucks seized in Odisha’s Khordha; 5 held

Khordha: Police seized two trucks carrying beef and cattle in Khordha district today. Five persons were detained for interrogation in this connection.

According to reports, cow vigilantes stopped a container truck carrying around 18 cattle at a petrol pump near Barunei on National Highway-16 in the wee hours of Sunday. They handed over the truck to the Khordha Model Police. The truck was enroute to Hyderabad from Kolkata.

In another incident, Khordha Industrial Police seized a beef-laden truck, which was traveling to Kolkata from Hyderabad, this morning.