4 cattle thieves held after opening fire at police in UP

UP police arrested four alleged cattle thieves who were carrying five buffaloes in a mini truck at a check post on the highway. The miscreants opened fire at the police at the checkpoint when police tried to stop them.

Muzaffarnagar: Four alleged cattle thieves, who were carrying five buffaloes in a mini truck, have been arrested after they opened fire at police in a check post on the highway here, officials said on Monday.

"The mini-truck was intercepted at the Vibala check post on the Meerut-Karnal highway under Budhana police station range on Sunday evening," circle officer Girja Shanker Tripathi told newsmen here.

He said that one of the accused opened fire at the police when they tried to stop the vehicle but were later contained.

The officer added that they have seized the buffaloes, mini truck and pistol used in the firing.

"The accused men have confessed to having stolen 36 cattle at different places in the past," Tripathi claimed.