Saharanpur: Man held for alleged cow slaughter, aide escapes

The Uttar Pradesh police on Monday arrested a man suspected to be involved in cow slaughter at a village in Saharanpur while his aide managed to flee.

Additional Superintendent of Police Prabal Pratap Singh said the police raided a place in Samraspur village after a tip off on cow slaughter.

He said, the police nabbed a man while he was allegedly slaughtering a cow, but his aide managed to flee.

He said, 40 kg beef and the tools used in the alleged cow slaughter was seized and efforts are on to nab the culprit.

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(With PTI Inputs)