CANACONA
A truck rammed into 13 stray cattle and killed 11 of them while injuring two other cattle along the highway at Gulem-Canacona in the wee hours of Tuesday.
According to sources, the Haryana-registered truck was proceeding towards Karwar when it knocked down the 13 cattle squatting on the NH-66 highway near the Gulem petrol pump at about 1.30 am.
Eleven cattle were killed on the spot, while two other cattle were seriously injured.
The truck was later intercepted at the Polem border check post and police detained the truck driver Atul Singh of Uttar Pradesh.
Canacona police has registered a case against the truck driver on charges of cruelty against animals and PSI Ramchandra Naik is investigating the matter.
In the last few days, vehicles have knocked down and killed a number of stray cattle along the highway at night.
