Chopped animal meat found in Isanpur, one held

Times of India | 1 week ago | 06-08-2022 | 10:00 am

AHMEDABAD: The city crime branch on Friday caught a 26-year-old man from the Vatva area of the city for allegedly dropping chopped animal meat in Govindwadi neighbourhood of Isanpur, leading to tension in the area, said a statement by the agency. The city crime branch press statement mentions that Mohammed Faizan Shaikh, a resident of Rakhial, was caught from Rakhial with the help of technical and human intelligence. An FIR filed with Isanpur police said that a resident of Vatva, Rohit Desai on Friday spotted a crowd around the head of a dead animal near Bhagwannagar society in Govindwadi. Desai said in the FIR that as he is into the business of animal husbandry. He believed that it was the head of a cow progeny. Near that place, Desai along with other people found a sack filled with chopped animal meat weighing around 50kg, said the FIR. Desai said in the FIR that a man on a scooter fled from the spot after dumping the animal meat. Police said that samples of the meat were sent to the FSL for examination. Isanpur police inspector D D Gohil said that as per the FSL report, the meat was not of a cow progeny. “Shaikh is a licensed seller. He used to ferry meat on his scooter from Rakhial to his shop in Vatva. On Friday morning, one of his bags dropped from the scooter. Some people saw this and began thrashing Shaikh. In his bid to evade public fury, Shaikh hit a bumper and fell on the road in which the head of a goat dropped on the road. This created tension in the Isanpur area,” said Gohil. Isanpur police booked Shaikh under the charges of IPC section 278 (making atmosphere noxious to health) along with charges of the Animal Protection Act, the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Gujarat Police Act.

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