Kishoreganj, May 27 -- Police on Wednesday took into custody a pink-coloured albino buffalo named "Donald Trump" on Wednesday afternoon, day before Eid-ul-Azha.

Ruhul Quddus, officer-in-charge of Keraniganj Model Police Station, said the buffalo was taken into custody citing security concerns.

"With the intervention of the Home Ministry, the buffalo was brought from the Rasulpur area around 5pm," he said. "The US Embassy does not want the buffalo to be sacrificed."

As a result, the animal's owner, Sharfa Raj, will no longer be able to sacrifice it, the OC said, adding that a decision regarding the buffalo will be taken later.

The buffalo, weighing around 700kg, had become a major attraction ahead of Eid-ul-Azha in Narayanganj. It was ...