the police are now engaged in investigating the case. | Photo Credit: Thinkstock

Chennai: In an appalling case reported from Chennai, the food security officials confiscated 1,000 kg of alleged dog meat brought from Rajasthan on Saturday morning. As per sources, acting on a tip-off, that allegedly a large amount of dog meat was being smuggled in trains from Jodhpur, the officials seized the consignment from Egmore railway station. The authorities have sent confiscated meat samples for tests and the reports are awaited.

According to a report in Tamil website, Tamil.samayam the police seized and checked the driver from the train which was parked on the 5th platform of Egmore. The parcel was kept at the platform after it was unloaded from a Jodhpur Express train.

However, the police are investigating the case.

(This is a developing story)