700 kg beef seized in Gandhinagar, one held

Adalaj Police registered a complaint against two individuals for allegedly being involved in trading 700 kg of beef in a car near Charedi in Gandhinagar in the wee hours of Monday.

“After receiving the complaint, we have arrested one accused, Sakir Badrul Hassan, while another one absconded,” Police Inspector K B Sankla told Gujarat Samachar Digital.

The complainant, Manoj Baraiya, a gau rakshak in Ahmedabad received a tip-off that a car travelling near Bhat Circle in Gandhinagar was carrying a large consignment of beef.

Baraiya, along with his friend chased the car of the accused and halted it near Charedi in Sector 28 of Gandhinagar.

They caught a passenger from the car while the driver fled the scene.

During the interrogation of Hassan, it was revealed that he was a resident of Mirzapur, while the absconding person was identified as Mohammad Abdul Qureshi, also from Mirzapur.

The FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) confirmed the recovered consignment as beef. Following this, the Adalaj police have registered a case and initiated an investigation to nab the other accused.

According to the Gujarat Animal Preservation Act, 2017, the punishment for the slaughter of cows, calf of the cow, bull and bullock is imprisonment for a term of a minimum of 3 years and a maximum of 7 years and a fine which may extend to ₹50,000.