Meat delivered to Bengaluru confirmed as mutton, not dog meat: ICAR report
Bengaluru: The meat delivered to Bengaluru from Rajasthan via train has been confirmed as mutton, not dog meat, according to an analysis report by the Hyderabad-based ICAR-National Meat Research Institute on Wednesday.
On the evening of July 26, officials, including area inspectors and Food Safety officers, visited the KSR Railway station at Majestic in Bengaluru to investigate a consignment of meat delivered from Rajasthan by train. They found the parcels, totaling 84, loaded onto a transport vehicle outside the railway station.
Upon inspection, the officials discovered the parcels contained meat and collected samples to verify the species. The samples were sent to the ICAR-National Meat Research Institute in Hyderabad for analysis. The institute confirmed the samples were mutton, according to a press release from the Commissioner of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
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The incident attracted significant attention and condemnation due to the involvement of Puneeth Kerehalli, a self-proclaimed cow vigilante and repeat offender. Kerehalli had intercepted the parcels being transported by city-based meat trader Abdul Razak, claiming they contained dog meat being sold as mutton.
Razak refuted Kerehalli's claims, accusing him of attempted extortion prior to the incident. Kerehalli was later arrested and released by the police for obstructing officials from performing their duties. He has a criminal record, including an arrest for the murder of cattle transporter Idrees Pasha in Sathanur near Kanakapura in April 2023.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
