Beef worth Rs 20 lakh seized.
Looking into the tip police received, Police planned a trap to seize the illegal exportation, and the trap was planned on the Mumbai – Ahmedabad Highway in Palghar, and there they intercepted a container truck.Â
The incident took place in Palghar in Maharashtra, where Maharashtra police have seized beef, which weighs around 21,000 kgs, and the worth is calculated to be approx. Rs 20.6 lakhs. The beef was filled in the container trucks and along with that two people have been arrested belonging from Tamil Nadu.
Police received a tip, and with the clue, they began the inspection upon that they discovered meat. Both the Person from Tamil Nadu tried to escape but were caught by police. The illegal beef consignment was supposed to be delivered at Taloja.Â
The case has been registered against both the accused Ranjit Kumar Ganeshan and Kolinchinath Rajendra Vanier and also against the owner of the container truck.
Beef is considered illegal in India as it is considered as a mother in the Hindu religion and is a sacred animal, because of that reason cows are worshipped in the religion but, still, such activities are taking place on regular basis.
The amount of meat-eaters has increased can be the reason but this is disrespectful for Hindus.Â
Earlier in October, around 2,500 kgs of beef were seized in Thane, Maharashtra, and the worth was calculated around Rs 2.50 lakhs from a van. As this time police got the tip, and, they started inspection along with Maharashtra police, activists were also involved in the inspection and the van was seized near Jupiter Hospital.
Not only this in September 2021, approx. four tons of beef were seized from Naupada in Maharashtra. One accused and the vehicle owner was arrested and was booked under Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act and the Indian Penal Code.
Also, 8000 kgs of beef were seized in the Thane region of Maharashtra. Not only this but, even at the normal meat shops, a meat shop in the Worli region was raided by the Maharashtra Police, and beef was seized which was being sold illegally, police got a tip from the activists who work for cow protection about the illegal sale of beef.
The cases of Beef smuggling have been increased and they are being reported daily. The portions of beef are mostly seized in Maharashtra’s Thane region, it can be a spot or beef supply or a connection point to the supply but still, the police are not able to decode that.
A huge number of cows have been killed just because of Beef and still, no hard actions have been taken by the government. Animal cruelty deserves very hard actions but this kind of transportations and smuggling has been going on continuously.
There are many cases registered after beef was seized and apart from beef, thousands of kgs of suspected dog meats are also being seized but looks like people do not have any terror to transport it. You can not know where those meats will be mixed may be in India itself it can be mixed with chicken or any non-vegetarian food.
The government needs to impose harder rules for this, and the police can look better, if they can receive the tip about the transportation of beef, they can even find out the supply points and the suppliers.
This problem is not only in Indian but can be seen around the world, as earlier it came out that some of the people from Egypt were unknowingly eating donkey meats and this was exposed when some of the authorities came to know about the farm which was being used to slaughter dogs and donkeys and used to mix up the meet with lamb or beef.
The farm has every machines eve for the preservation of the meat, and a large number of dogs and donkeys were awaiting the slaughtering, around two rooms were filled with the dogs and donkeys. Nearly one ton of donkey meat was seized from the farm.
edited and proofread by nikita sharma
