An irate mob of villagers set on fire a tempo suspecting that it was smuggling cattle in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said Wednesday.
The incident took place at Dahigaon near Shahapur.
Villagers stopped a tempo carrying cattle on suspicion that the animals were being smuggled and taken to slaughterhouse near Baghecha Pada about 9 pm Tuesday night, police said.
They took down half a dozen animals and set the empty tempo on fire.
The driver was handed over to Khardi police.
Senior Inspector Ghansham Aadhav of Shahapur police station said police registered separate cases -- one for alleged illegal transportation of cattle and another against the villagers for torching the tempo under relevant IPC sections.
Nobody has been arrested yet, inspector Aadhav said.
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