AGRA, Dec. 21 -- A case has been registered against seven named individuals and about a dozen unidentified persons for allegedly assaulting a meat trader and damaging his motorcycle over accusations of selling beef. Police have detained two of the accused for questioning, while a meat sample has been sent to a laboratory in Mathura for testing, said the circle officer at Aligarh.

The case was registered at Harduaganj police station on Saturday evening under sections 191(2) and 191(3) (rioting), 126(2) (wrongful restrain), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 352 (breach of peace by intentional insult), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), and 324(4) (mischief) of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) based on a complaint by Shareef Qureshi, a Harduaganj ...