{"id":173396,"date":"2021-10-05T00:12:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T18:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=173396"},"modified":"2021-10-05T00:12:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T18:42:02","slug":"assam-cops-open-fire-as-cattle-laden-vehicle-tries-to-escape-two-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/assam-cops-open-fire-as-cattle-laden-vehicle-tries-to-escape-two-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam cops open fire as cattle-laden vehicle tries to escape, two arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhubri, Oct 3 (PTI) A vehicle laden with cattle fell into a river in Assam&#8217;s Dhubri district after its driver tried to flee, ignoring police orders to stop, further prompting the law enforcers to open fire on its tyres, a senior officer said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two persons, including the driver, were arrested from Golakganj area in Dhubri on the charge of alleged illegal trafficking of cattle, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least eight bovines were rescued from the spot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Acting on a tip-off, a team of police officers on Saturday night tried to intercept a cattle-laden vehicle, which had come from West Bengal, Dhubri Superintendent of Police Abhijit Gaurav said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The driver, however, ignored the police signals and tried escape the scene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the chase continued for almost 20 km, the police, finding no other alternative, opened fire on the vehicle, puncturing its tyres, the SP stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The driver then lost control over the vehicle, following which it fell into a nearby river, he said, adding that more information will be available after a thorough investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhubri, Oct 3 (PTI) A vehicle laden with cattle fell into a river in Assam&#8217;s Dhubri district after its driver tried to flee, ignoring police orders to stop, further prompting the law enforcers to open fire on its tyres, a senior officer said on Sunday. Two persons, including the driver, were arrested from Golakganj area [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-173396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}