Five quintals of meat, suspected to be beef, has been seized from a vehicle in Mathura.

In Mathura, five quintals of meat, suspected to be beef, were seized from a vehicle in Mathura.

According to Martand Prakash Singh, the city's superintendent of police, they received a tip from the "Gau rakshaks," or cow vigilantes, that some people were bringing meat from Hathras in a



vehicle.

Accompanied by the cow vigilantes, police reached the spot and stopped the vehicle, and arrested a person name Salauddin belonging to Hathras district while his accomplice, Muhammad, fled.

The recovered meat appears to be beef and its sample has been sent for examination for confirmation, Singh said.