Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP) 

Mangaluru, Jul 15: Police personnel attached to Ullal station succeeded in getting information about illegal transportation of the cattle into Kerala state and confiscating a container truck and 22 buffaloes and she buffaloes found inside the vehicle. They also arrested two of the accused while two others succeeded in running away. 

The identities of people arrested now have been given as Chindegowda from Hassan district, Raveendran and Mohammed Farooq from Kasargod. 

18 buffaloes and four she buffaloes which were inhumanly bundled into the vehicle were being transported in the container truck. The animals were brought from Western Ghat area and being taken to Kasargod via Mangaluru. 

The police, acting on tip off provided by the locals, undertook operation near Talapady Devipura, close to the state's border with Kerala. When the police tried to intercept the truck, two persons inside the vehicle fled from the spot while three who were inside the cabin were taken into custody. 

The cattle which were taken into possession were handed over to the cattle shelter at Pajeeru. The police are on the lookout for the two who have escaped. 

A case in this regard was registered in Ullal police station.