Summary:
Mathra: A 55-year-old man was shot dead while six of his associates were injured in Mathura district’s Tumaula village on Friday.
The police alleged the men from Bulandshahr were cattle smugglers, and claimed they were attacked by the villagers for smuggling cows in their vehicle.
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Mathra: A 55-year-old man was shot dead while six of his associates were injured in Mathura district’s Tumaula village on Friday.
The police alleged the men from Bulandshahr were cattle smugglers, and claimed they were attacked by the villagers for smuggling cows in their vehicle.
Following the incident, the police admitted the injured to a hospital, seized the vehicle, and recovered six cows.
The deceased was identified as Sher Khan alias Shera, a resident of Bulandshahr.
Agra Range’s Inspector-General Naveen Arora said the police had been deployed at the hospital.
No one had been arrested so far in the two cases registered in connection with the violence, he added.
Arora said no weapons were recovered from the injured men, and added, “The police have recovered two cartridges from the vehicle in which the injured persons were moving.