<p>Palghar: Three persons were arrested in Mokhada in Palghar district for allegedly transporting buffaloes illegally for slaughter, a police official said on Monday.</p>.<p>A tempo was intercepted on a tip off on Friday at 6am while it was on its way to Khodala, the Mokhada police station official said.</p>.<p>"There were five buffaloes in the vehicle and they were being transported to a slaughterhouse. The animals were tied together and had no access to fodder. We arrested three persons identified as Gopinath Khutade, driver Ravindra Chiwade and Ananta Khutade," he said.</p>.25,000 shops selling meat, fish in the open removed in MP: CM Yadav.<p>A case was registered on Saturday against them under provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the Maharashtra Cattle Protection Act and the Motor Vehicles Act, the official added.</p>.<p>The rescued animals have been sent to a shelter in Bhiwandi, while probe into the racket is underway, the official said. </p>
<p>Palghar: Three persons were arrested in Mokhada in Palghar district for allegedly transporting buffaloes illegally for slaughter, a police official said on Monday.</p>.<p>A tempo was intercepted on a tip off on Friday at 6am while it was on its way to Khodala, the Mokhada police station official said.</p>.<p>"There were five buffaloes in the vehicle and they were being transported to a slaughterhouse. The animals were tied together and had no access to fodder. We arrested three persons identified as Gopinath Khutade, driver Ravindra Chiwade and Ananta Khutade," he said.</p>.25,000 shops selling meat, fish in the open removed in MP: CM Yadav.<p>A case was registered on Saturday against them under provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the Maharashtra Cattle Protection Act and the Motor Vehicles Act, the official added.</p>.<p>The rescued animals have been sent to a shelter in Bhiwandi, while probe into the racket is underway, the official said. </p>