Ludhiana, May 16 -- The Ludhiana police seized around 17 quintals of suspected beef from a pickup vehicle near Ladhowal on Friday night. Police officials said the consignment was being transported from Amritsar to Uttar Pradesh.

The accused - Vicky Kumar and Hussain, both residents of Saharanpur - were arrested from the vehicle carrying the meat. Police have also booked Mohammad Tasim of Ghaziabad, Kausar of Saharanpur, and Suhail and Sameer of Nasarake village in Amritsar in connection with the case. The FIR was registered at Ladhowal police station on the complaint of Gurpreet Singh, head of the Sanyukt Gau Raksha Dal.

According to ASI Major Singh, the investigating officer, police received information after members of a local NGO int...