UP: 2 people arrested for slaughtering buffalo without licence

Muzaffarnagar: The Uttar Pradesh police has arrested two people for allegedly slaughtering a buffalo without a licence at Niyazupura locality here.

Shahzad and Nadeem were arrested following a raid on their house, which yielded 20 kg of buffalo meat and three buffalo skins, the police said on Monday.

A case has been registered against them, they added. In a separate incident, the police arrested a man for allegedly trying to slaughter a cow in Khudda village here.

Vikas was arrested after he was found transporting the animal for slaughter, the police said.