What started as a brief altercation between cow vigilantes and cattle transporters turned into a major trigger point for a likely communal tension, nothing short of a riot-like situation here in the intervening hours of Tuesday and Wednesday. A police officer on duty suffered a skull bone fracture in the melee.
Vanasthalipuram Sub-Inspector A. Madhava Reddy, who got injured from stone pelting by furious and protesting cow protectors, is being treated at a private hospital and was said to be under observation.
According to the police, it all started with an exchange of expletives and manhandling followed by attack with weapons, when a cow protection group stopped a van carrying five calves. Reportedly, Md. Yousuf and his son Md. Nissar, who are into beef business, had purchased the calves, including two buffaloes, from Mall village in Nalgonda and were heading towards Talab Katta.
