Rotten Meat Scare in Kolkata: BJP Workers Protest After Carcass Meat Scam Gets Busted!
Right now a further investigation is being done to find out if any influential person is also involved in the crime.
Kolkata, May 3: Panic has struck Kolkata, and other parts of West Bengal after reports of dead dogs, cats and other rotten meat being sold in Kolkata eateries made the news. According to recent ANI reports, BJP workers are protesting post the racket was busted. They have alleged state machinery's involvement in the racket. Today, Biswanath Garai, the kingpin behind the meat racket involved in procuring dead animals from dumping grounds and processing their flesh before supplying to markets was arrested from Garia in South 24 Parganas district by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), as informed by the Police.
Right now a further investigation is being done to find out if any influential person is also involved in the crime. Last week, the government had seized 20 tonnes of rotten meat, suspected of dead animals and sourced from dumping grounds, meant to be supplied to eateries and departmental stores in the state as well as neighbouring Jharkhand, Odisha and Bihar.
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