Hyderabad, June 26 -- The Tehreek Muslim Shaban Joint Action Committee Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, have decided to take the cow vigilantes (gau rakshak) targeting the cattle traders "head-on" and give them a fitting reply.

Muhammad Mushtaq Malik, convenor of the committee said that some unsocial elements, on the outskirts of the city, are sitting on the highways and targeting the cattle traders on the pretext of being 'gau rakshaks'.

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