Carcass meat samples found 'unfit for examination'
Kolkata, June 27: The samples collected during the 'carcass meat racket' that came to light around two months back were found 'unfit for examination', a lawyer said here on Wednesday.
"Samples taken from an intercepted vehicle were sent to the forensic department. In the laboratory reports, the experts revealed that the samples had decomposed to such an extent that they were unfit for examination and we are sending them back," said the lawyer.
He said that the reports of the samples collected from the cold storage were awaited.
The issue first came to light in late April after the police arrested two persons for allegedly collecting carcass meat from a dump yard in South 24 Parganas district's Budge Budge.
Interrogation revealed that the two accused were part of a rotten meat selling racket and involved in supplying carcass meat from the dump yard to different city restaurants at a cheap rate.
The West Bengal Police also busted a racket selling carcass meat and seized nearly 20 tonne of meat from a cold storage in Kolkata and arrested six men in April.
Recently, some civic bodies raided different restaurants and collected samples.
According to Sabyasachi Dutta, Mayor of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, food samples collected from some big restaurants in Bidhannagar area were found to be unhealthy.
The owners have been warned that if they fail to improve their standards, their license would be cancelled.
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Bidar: Miscreants again insult Dr. Ambedkar's portrait
Bidar: Miscreants have once again insulted a portrait of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar displayed on a banner in the village of Villaspur, located within the jurisdiction of the Janawada Police Station.
It has been reported that, during the night, the portrait of Dr. Ambedkar on a banner celebrating the Bhima Koregaon Victory was desecrated with black paint. Upon noticing this in the morning, Dalit community members gathered at the location and expressed their outrage, immediately informing the police.
On December 12, a similar incident occurred when a slipper was thrown at the Ambedkar statue in Villaspur. District authorities had visited the scene, and Dalit organisations across the district staged protests in condemnation of the act. Two individuals were arrested in connection with that incident.
The Janawada Police PSI has visited the scene of the current incident.
