ALWAR: In a yet another audacious attack, cow smugglers opened fire on the police, near the Jungle area of Khori under Tapukada police station area on Monday. In the sixth encounter in the past 45 days in the region, police managed to arrest the two smugglers and have also rescued 30 cows from their possession along with the weapons.Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the spot, about which they had received a specific input on the smuggling of cows at 4.30 am on Saturday. “Eight smugglers managed to escape from the scene by opening fire on the police team while the two of them were arrested. It was found that they were planning to smuggle the bovines into Haryana,” said Rajiv Dudi, in-charge, Tapukada police station.According to the police, around 4.30 am on Saturday, Tapukara police got the information that a large number of cattle was being smuggled out through Kohri forest and was being taken towards Haryana.The police also said that while eight cow smugglers managed to escape, they were conducting raids in Haryana in search of the smugglers. “Two rounds of fire were exchanged,” Rajiv Dudi, the in-charge Tapukada police station said.In the past one-and-a-half month, the cattle smugglers have open fired on the police six times in Alwar and Bharatpur districts, said police.“When we intercepted the smugglers and asked them to surrender, they started firing. After the encounter, police arrested two smugglers, recovered illegal arms and rescued 39 cattle. The police fired two rounds of bullets,” said a police official.“The arrested smugglers include Shahzad (51), a native of Dhiriyabas village and Edu Khan (57), a native of Ubarka village in Alwar. We have filed an FIR against them and have initiated the investigation,” said the official.“They take the cattle to Haryana through Bansur, Tatarpur, Chapar and Nayapur regions in Alwar district . In Haryana, they are directly sent to the slaughter houses,” the official added.