Kolkata

meat

West Bengal

Police

: A racket supplying carcasswas busted on Monday night while a mini-truck was caught and rampaged by the locals at Deganga in’s North 24 Parganas district.The locals noticed that mini-trucks entered and doubted that carcasses were brought from the dumping ground and chopped in a desolate location in Mangalganthi area by some people every evening. Locals started doubting about some activities when foul smell came and people started visiting a small building with walls, keeping it away from public eye.Last evening, when foul smell started spreading, the locals crossed the wall and entered the rooms where rotten meat was cut and supplied to various local shops. “A local auto driver brought me here on a daily wage. I was told animals were brought here and I have to chop them into pieces before they are supplied to various shops. When locals knocked, I opened the door and they started beating me. I was a new employee and just came to know that dead animals were brought here,” a newly-employed man Sofiar Ali said.“I was confined inside the room as I had revealed that carcasses from the dumping ground were brought here,” Sofiar Ali said.Locals also caught the mini-truck full of carcasses, which was used to supply meat in the morning to the local shops in the area. Sofiar was beaten by the locals and handed over to police. Degangawas alerted and they recovered the meat from location. Sofiar was arrested. The owner, who was behind the racket, has not been arrested yet.