00:00Violent clashes broke out late Tuesday night near Amrala village on the Bajpur-Pilkhua
00:05road after a truck allegedly transporting banned meat was intercepted by members of
00:12Hindu Yuva Vahini, Bajrang Dal and local villages. According to reports, the truck was stopped
00:20around 9pm after activists, led by Neeraj Sharma and Madhur Nehra, received a tip-off.
00:27Upon discovering large quantities of meat in the vehicle, the enraged mob vandalized
00:33the truck, thrashed the driver and cleaner and eventually set the vehicle ablaze despite
00:38police intervention. Senior officers including Bajpur, SHO Amit Sharma and ACP Gyan Prakash
00:47Rai arrived at the scene with reinforcements, but the protesters remained defiant, demanding
00:53the immediate arrest and encounter of the accused. Firefighters were called in to douse the flames,
01:00while JCB machines were used to control the fire using mud. The situation intensified further
01:08as protesters staged a sit-in protest, blocking their Bajpur-Pilkhua road for nearly two hours,
01:15causing widespread traffic disruption. Veterinary officials have taken meat samples for forensic
01:21testing to verify whether it was cow meat. As of now, no official complaint has been filed,
01:27but a detailed investigation is underway.
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