Three persons were arrested for allegedly carrying 71 buffalo calves in a container near Sultanpur here on Wednesday.Ten of the calves were found dead while a few were in serious condition, said police.
Acting on a tip off, the police stopped a vehicle at a barricade on Haryana-Punjab border and found 71 buffalo calves in the container, said Baldev Nagar police post In-charge Gurmail Singh.The alleged cattle smugglers, who belonged to Gangoh in Saharanpur, were identified as Mohammad Dilshad, Arshad Khan and Manohar. They brought the calves from Jalandhar and were taking them to Saharanpur, said Police.A case has been registered under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act against the accused.