India, March 24 -- On the night of March 19, a clash broke out in Odisha's Balasore district between Bajrang Dal activists and alleged cow smugglers, resulting in vandalism of over 10 vehicles and a road blockade. The incident occurred when Bajrang Dal activists stopped a vehicle carrying dozens of cattle to West Bengal and claimed that they were attacked by the occupants of the vehicle with swords. By the time police arrived, the smugglers had escaped.

"By the time our force reached, the smugglers had escaped. We have now strengthened checking measures on roads to prevent further such incident," Dibyajyoti Das, additional superintendent of police (SP) Balasore, said

A week before, on March 12, an encounter between armed cow smugglers a...