Maharashtra's Palghar Police arrested six suspected cattle smugglers for allegedly trying to run over forest department personnel chasing them in a vehicle, police said, according to the PTI. The incident took place in the early hours of Thursday when forest guards were checking vehicles at Khandeshwari Naka at Wada in the Palghar district, a senior police officer told PTI on Friday.

While the checking was underway, they spotted a pick-up van speeding away. They suspected something amiss and began chasing it. During the chase, the van driver dashed his vehicle twice against the official jeep of the forest department in a bid to cause it to topple, he said.