Guwahati: In a major development, the Nagaon Police have arrested six persons on the charges of illegal transportation of cattle.
The police carried out an operation on Sunday and seized the cattle-laden trucks in Nagaon's Boghat.
Notably, a constable and a home guard were also involved in the crime as they were facilitating the transportation. However, police arrested constable and looking for the home guard as he is missing.
Taking to micro-blogging site twitter, the Nagaon police apprised the same and said, ''6 Arrested for illegal Cattle Transportation, seized 2 Trucks, 1 car, 42 Cattle and Rs 34,560. In follow up, 1 Constable and 1 Home Guard found facilitating such consignments. Constable Arrested, HG absconding but will be caught soon''.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Jan Bora, Mustafa Ahmed, Rutam Ali, Bhrigu Bailung and Ajibur Rahman.
According to reports, the cattle heads were being transported in the two trucks from Rajmai market in the Sivsagar district.
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