mumbai four persons aamir ismail imran maqbul ismail nazir and qadir qureshi were arrested by the dahisar police early on sunday for ferrying 33 cattle for illegal slaughter police acted on a tipoff from an animalwelfare organization karuna parivar a van and a tempo were carrying 33 buffaloes from a cattle shed in vasai were headed to saki naka when we intercepted them in dahisar a police official said the vehicles were overloaded with buffaloes the animals had been tied up cruelly on inspection we found three to be dead four persons including the drivers of the vehicles were arrested under section 429 of ipc besides provisions of the prevention of cruelty to animals act and maharashtra animal preservation act