One person was shot dead while another was injured in a shootout with the police near a village in Haryana’s Mahendragarh on late Tuesday night.
Police got a tip off about alleged smuggling of cows and intercepted a vehicle near Mori village. As soon as the police reached close to the vehicle, they were faced with firing, said a Police official.
When the policemen fired back, the suspects left their vehicle behind and ran into fields nearby. One of the smugglers died in the firing while two others were arrested.
The investigation is going on, said the official.
Haryana Government, had last year, passed Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act under which cow slaughter was made punishable for upto 10 years in prison.