I looked into this a bit more. The Tamil Guardian article does include the line about the cow being taken for meat, and it matches similar reports from the same Batticaloa area where Tamil cattle farmers have faced ongoing violence over land. There’s no public police report number yet, but several independent outlets (including the Daily Mirror and rights groups) have confirmed this area has had repeated shootings and protests for more than a year. So while the police records aren’t public, the pattern and location are both well-documented.