Mathura: Police chalks out plan to prevent cow smuggling

The district has been divided into four sectors. Thorough checking would be done at every entry point, the police said.

Mathura

: Mathura district administration on Friday chalked out a plan to foil cow smuggling, a day after a truck was set ablaze and National Highway 2 blocked by residents of Chaumuhan area here after the vehicle was found carrying carcasses of 30 cows.

"The district has been divided into four sectors. Thorough checking would be done at every entry point," district police chief Babloo Kumar said.

Asked about Thursday's incident, he said police will soon find out who had brought the cows, how and from where were they being transported and from where the cattle were purchased.