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JORHAT: Two pick-up vans were burnt down in the wee hours on Monday in front of the police station, which was seized by police at Poolibar police station in the district.
Police had seized the two pick-up vans carrying 10 cows at Moubandha outskirts on the National Highway-715 under Pulibor Police Station. Police suspect that the vehicles may have been burnt to destroy evidence. A police source said that acting on specific information, a police team from Pulibor Police Station stopped the two vehicles and found five cows each in the vehicles.
The source said that the five persons who were found in the two vans failed to produce any documents regarding the transportation of the cattle and reportedly told the police that they brought the cows from Kokilamukh area on the Brahmaputra bank here and were transporting to Ambagan in Nagaon district.
The five men were detained and legal action was initiated as per relevant provisions of law, the source added. The five persons have been identified as Pinku Kalita, Idul Ahmed, Biren Choudhury, Rakesh Saha and Aizul Islam.
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