Mathura,
10 Jan (HS): Animal skins and other remnants were discovered in a 30-foot-deep
trench amid scrap warehouses in the colony here, authorities said on Saturday. Residents
were outraged by the recovery, and they set fire to three warehouses that were
purportedly used as slaughterhouses. According to sources, police eventually
got the fire under control with the help of two fire tenders. Three persons,
including a woman, were seized on the scene, and their interrogation is
ongoing, they said. Police claimed another guy, Ilyas, was apprehended after
being discovered escaping on a motorbike with the meat. At the Highway police
station, Ilyas and six others - Haji Islam, Nadeem, Shahrukh, Bilal, Karman,
and Gulla - were charged with violating different provisions of the Uttar
Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act and the Municipal Corporation Act.
Police said samples of the confiscated meat and animal parts were submitted
to Uttar Pradesh's Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Veterinary University for testing. Superintendent
of Police (City) Rajiv Kumar Singh stated that the incident came to light on
Friday when some youngsters playing in the neighborhood went near the
warehouses to hunt for their cricket ball and smelled a bad odour. They
contacted their relatives, who subsequently alerted the leaders of Hindu
groups. Angry people encircled the location, and one of them set fire to the
warehouses, according to the police. He said that people witnessed Ilyas
rushing out of one of the warehouses on a motorbike and attempting to flee.
When he checked the sack he was carrying, there was animal flesh within.
Police suspect the accused of conducting an unlawful slaughterhouse. Neeraj
Sharma's complaint led to the registration of the case. Satyawati Chaudhary of
Durga Vahini said that animals were being unlawfully butchered in residences
and warehouses along the Delhi border under the pretense of scrap trade. She
requested that the police take stringent measures against such individuals.
Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi
