PILIBHIT: Three incidents of cow slaughter and recovery of beef were reported from Pilibhit in the past few days. Puranpur Kotwali police on Monday recovered 1.20 quintal of beef from a house in Sahukara locality of Puanpur tehsil, and arrested two people in this connection.

Sub-inspector Hardwari Lal of Puranpur police station said he received a tip-off on Monday about the slaughter of cows in Puranpur, and conducted a raid.

The police team recovered 1.20 quintals of beef and also the tools used for butchering animals. Two of the men involved in the illegal practice were arrested, while one managed to flee. An FIR has been lodged under provisions of the Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act.

District police had earlier recovered a quintal of beef from Puranpur on July 5, and another quintal from Bisalpur tehsil July 6.

