Fivemen were detained by the police on Friday after a video surfaced showing a gang of men beating a cow with clubs
And tossing it off a bridge into a flooded river in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district, according to officials.
Five guys who are purportedly shown in the video were detained by police after it went viral due to allegations of animal cruelty, according to the police.
According to the police, the incident happened on August 10 in the late evening in the Lalmati village.
Within the boundaries of the Hasaud police station of the district. The video of the incident was released on Thursday.
A dozen or more individuals can be seen taunting the cow on the bridge with its head covered in a sack in the footage.
The animal is seen being attacked by some of them with sticks. The cow is subsequently thrown into the overflowing river from the bridge.
Yogesh Patel, Station House Officer (SHO), Hasaud police station, stated that a case was filed.
The case against the accused based on a complaint made by local Bhedikona village resident and livestock owner Shiv Kumar Sahu.
According to Patel, the suspects were charged with mischief by killing or maiming animals under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 429
The provisions of the Chhattisgarh Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.