Mob sets ablaze truck over suspicion of carrying beef

FARIDABAD: A mob set on fire a truck carrying meat that was suspected to be beef in Hathin tehsil of Palwal district on Tuesday.

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The mob also beat up the driver and conductor of the truck. The police have registered case and arrested three people, including the truck driver and conductor. They were produced in a local court that remanded them in judicial custody.

Two youths on a motorcycle noticed stench emanating from a moving truck. They informed villagers of Mandori that the truck might be carrying beef. Hundreds of villagers blocked the road to stop the truck. They dragged the truck staff and beat them up. The police rushed to the spot and called up forensic doctors to lift samples of the meat.

The villagers took the truck to a nearby field and buried 40-quintal meat that it was carrying. The truck was then set on fire. The agitation affected traffic on the Mandkola-Palwal road.

Police said that the truck was on its way to Alwar in Rajasthan from Hapur in Uttar Pradesh. It reached Mandori village at around 9 am on Tuesday.

“We have registered a case against the three,” said Deep Chand, SHO, Hathin.

In a separate case, Palwal police seized two trucks carrying crushed bones and arrested four people on Wednesday.

“We got information that foul smell was emanating from two trucks standing outside a dhaba,” said SHO (City) Palwal, Santosh Kumar.

“We rushed to the spot and seized both the trucks, called doctors who lifted samples for forensic examination,” he said.

The trucks were on their way to Gujarat from Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh via Gurgaon as owner of the trucks resides in Gurgaon, police said.

“We are examining documents of these trucks,” SP (Palwal) Rahul Sharma said. The drivers and conductors of both the trucks were arrested after a case was registered against them. They will be produced before the court on Thursday.