Three held for illegally transporting buffaloes to slaughterhouse in Palghar

Three persons were arrested in Mokhada in Palghar district in Maharashtra for allegedly transporting buffaloes illegally for slaughter a police official said on Monday reported the PTIA tempo was intercepted on a tip off on Friday at 6 am while it was on its way to Khodala the Mokhada police station official saidThere were five buffaloes in the vehicle and they were being transported to a slaughterhouse The animals were tied together and had no access to fodder We arrested three persons identified as Gopinath Khutade driver Ravindra Chiwade and Ananta Khutade he saidA case was registered on Saturday against them under provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act the Maharashtra Cattle Protection Act and the Motor Vehicles Act the official addedThe rescued animals have been sent to a shelter in Bhiwandi while probe into the racket is underway the official saidMeanwhile in an anothet incident a total of 104 cases of missing or kidnapped children in VasaiVirar limits in Palghar district in 2023 have been solved a police official said on Monday reported the PTIA total of 106 children involved in these 104 cases have been traced and reunited with their parents Senior Inspector Santosh Chowdhari of the Nalasopara unit of the Anti Human Trafficking Cell AHTC saidThese comprise 71 girls and 35 boys In 2022 we solved 106 cases and traced 112 children comprising 74 girls and 38 boys he saidSince the formation of the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar commissionerate 298 such children have been traced and reunited with their parents Chowdhari saidMeanwhile the police in Maharashtrarsquos Palghar district has foiled a dacoity planned at a petrol pump on MumbaiAhmedabad highway and arrested six persons including a womanAn official from Virar police station said that acting on information the crime branch sleuths on Friday night found a jeep parked near Jivdani helipad in Virar area on MumbaiAhmedabad highway with a group of individuals discussing their plans newswire PTI reportedAfter overhearing the conversation the police learnt about their plan to commit dacoity at a petrol pump on MumbaiAhmedabad highway and immediately alerted senior officialsThe police were attacked when they tried to apprehend the dacoits resulting in injuries to two security personnel the official saidLater the police arrested six persons including a woman All the accused in the age group of 20 to 48 years suffered minor injuries while being apprehended as per the FIRAnother accused hailing from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district managed to escape the official saidThe police seized a chopper some large knives and other accessories commonly used in dacoities from the accused and impounded their jeep the official saidA case was registered against the accused under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code the Arms Act and the Maharashtra Police ActThree of the arrested persons hailed from Guna in Madhya Pradesh two from Ahmednagar and one from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra the police addedwith PTI inputs