Hyderabad, May 17 -- Police resorted to a lathi charge to disperse two groups who clashed with each other in Asif Nagar area in Hyderabad in Telangana on Saturday night after a violent row erupted over the alleged transportation of animals in a truck, leading to stone-pelting and high tension in the area.

The confrontation began when one group intercepted the vehicle, suspecting the illegal transportation of cows, while the opposing group maintained the truck was carrying plywood.

Following an intervention by a local MLA of the AIMIM party and the deployment of a large police force to bring the situation under control, the Asif Nagar Police registered a case and launched an official investigation.

Meanwhile, Vishva Hindu Raksha Parisha...