Bulandshahr, Nov 14 (PTI) A local court here on Friday convicted 25 people in a 2005 case of cow slaughter and firing on police personnel, a government lawyer said.

Special Public Prosecutor Yogesh Kumar said the incident took place on May 2, 2005, in the Akbarpur and Kamalpur forest area under Kotwali Dehat police station, where several people were allegedly slaughtering cattle. Acting on a tip-off, police reached the spot and found carcasses of bovines scattered in the area.

When police attempted to arrest the accused, two of them allegedly opened fire with the intention to kill, but the personnel narrowly escaped, Kumar said. The police recovered equipment used for cow slaughter, a country-made pistol and cartridges from the scene.

During the investigation, sections of the Gangsters

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