India, Dec. 15 -- Pune rural police have registered a case against six persons in connection with an alleged cow-vigilante assault and extortion incident reported from Velhe, Rajgad taluka in Pune district.

The incident occurred on Friday evening when the complainant, Ketan Pravin Waghmode, was returning home in a tempo after purchasing a bullock.

According to the complaint lodged at Velhe police station, Waghmode was near Askarvadi Phata when the accused, who arrived on motorcycles, intercepted his vehicle.

The accused, identified as Dadu Lihman and his associates, allegedly blocked the tempo, accused Waghmode of transporting cattle for slaughter, forcibly seized his mobile phone, and assaulted him while claiming to be "cow protectors...