Thane: An irate mob of villagers set on fire a tempo suspecting that it was smuggling cattle in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said Wednesday.
The incident took place at Dahigaon near Shahapur.
Villagers stopped a tempo carrying cattle on suspicion that the animals were being smuggled and taken to a slaughterhouse near Baghecha Pada about 9 pm Tuesday night, police said.
They took down half a dozen animals and set the empty tempo on fire.