Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 3 (HBTV): The sleuths of the Commissioner's Task Force, Golconda Zone, in a joint operation with the H-Fast team and Mangalhat Police, busted an illegal racket involving the storage and sale of stale and spoiled sheep and goat offal in Hyderabad, seizing approximately 12 tonnes of the contraband worth INR 10 lakh.
The raid was conducted at a store located near Akbari Masjid in Aman Nagar Colony, Mangalhat, Hyderabad. One person, identified as Rafi Ahmed (52), manager of the store, was apprehended during the operation, while the owner, Mohd Afroz, is absconding.
According to police, the accused were illegally procuring stale and spoiled offal, including paya, head, brain, kidney, liver, and other parts of sheep and goat, at cheap rates from the wholesale market. The offal was then stored for long periods in deep freezers and plastic tubs filled with stagnant water to delay decomposition and suppress foul odour. It was subsequently supplied as fresh and hygienic produce to marriage functions, events, and hotels, posing a serious risk to public health.
'Consuming these stale and spoiled offal of sheep and goat can lead to various health issues,' police said.
Police further stated that Mohd Afroz, the absconding owner, had previously been fined by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and is also an accused in a case registered at Mangalhat Police Station.
A case has been registered under Sections 125, 271, 318(2), and 112 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Mangalhat Police Station against the accused.
The operation was conducted under the supervision of Additional DCP Ande Srinivasa Rao of the Commissioner's Task Force, Hyderabad City, and carried out by Inspector R Venkatesh of the Golconda Zone Task Force, Inspector S Raghavendra of Mangalhat, Sub-Inspector K Venkatramana of the Golconda Zone Task Force, and Sub-Inspector T Anusha of Mangalhat, along with their staff. (ANI)