KALYAN:
Padgha police late on Monday intercepted a tempo on the
Mumbai-Nashik highway and seized around 7.5 tonnes of meat, suspected to be beef. Tempo driver Mohammed Ansari (40) has been arrested, a police official said.
The meat was apparently being transported for sale in Mumbai from Osmanabad district, he said.
Acting on a tip-off, the police stopped the tempo at
Anjurnali toll naka, near Padgha, on the Mumbai-Nashik highway and seized the consignment.
Vijay Surve, police sub inspector from
Padgha police said, "We called a veterinary doctor who suspected it was beef, but samples have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory." Later, police along with local civic officials disposed of the seized meat by burying it into the soil, Surve said. "We have arrested the driver and are interrogating him to find out since when he was involved in meat transportation since he did not have the requisite licence when we caught him," Surve added.
Under the law, slaughter of bulls and bullocks, besides cows, is banned in the state.
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