BHOPAL: Three farmers hanged two bulls to death after it strayed into his field causing damages to crops, in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh. The incident occurred at Mayapur village — around 10km from district headquarters — where tension gripped the area after villagers spotted the bulls hung from a tree outside government middle school on Wednesday morning. The matter was informed to police.

The carcass was removed from the noose and sent for post-mortem. Investigations revealed that the bulls had strayed into the field of one Darshan Singh, causing huge loss to his mature crops.

He was detained and interrogated based of statement of two eye-witnesses.

Darshan Singh reportedly confessed to the police that he was annoyed over damage to his crops.

Police said he caught the bulls with help of his relatives and inflicted fatal injuries with iron rods and canes. Later they dragged the bulls to the school and hanged them to death one by one — as a 'punishment' for causing the damage, said police.

Darshan and two of his relatives were booked under Section 429, 4, 6,9 of the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Gauvansh Pratishedh Adhiniyam 2004 (Madhya Pradesh Cow Progeny Slaughter Prevention Regulation) and different sections of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.