Hyderabad, Oct 23 (PTI) Three persons, including a cattle transporter, were arrested on Thursday for allegedly shooting at a 28-year-old cow vigilante, police said.

The incident occurred in Ghatkesar on Wednesday evening, when the prime accused, a 24-year-old, who is into the cattle transport business, opened fire at B Prashanth Kumar alias Sonu Singh, a cow vigilante attached to an outfit called 'Gau Rakshak Dal'.

According to police, Kumar was called to the location by one of his friends, where he met the other accused and they had a discussion for an hour.

The accused confronted him for exposing their "illegal" cattle transportation, and in the ensuing argument, the prime accused retrieved a gun from his car and allegedly shot Kumar on the right side of the chest before all of them f

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