Over 150 stray cows were held captive at a government hospital by the activists of Bharatiya Kisan Union to "prevent" their crops at a village in Muzaffarnagar.
The activists demanded that their crops be saved from the stray cattle, who, they alleged, "damaged" their crops, the police said.
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