AGRA, May 27 -- Three days after four individuals were attacked on the suspicion of carrying beef in a vehicle in Harduaganj area of Aligarh on Saturday (May 24), the report from the Veterinary Lab in Mathura on Tuesday confirmed that the sample sent for testing was not prohibited meat, officials said.

Four people have been arrested so far for the attack on those carrying meat, while VHP and Bajrang Dal have distanced themselves from the incident.

"We have got the report from the Mathura lab confirming that the sample sent for testing was buffalo meat, and not beef, as alleged by those who stopped the vehicle and beat up the four occupants," SSP (rural), Aligarh, Amrit Jain said.

"Investigation is ongoing and we are identifying those w...