900 kg beef seized in Gurgaon, two arrested
The cops sprung into action after they received a tip-off from gau rakshaks that cow meat consignment was being carried from Mewat to Delhi via Sohna in a white Hyundai Accent.
In Short
- Of the four smugglers, police arrested two while the remaining managed to flee.
- The Santro was actually a pilot car for the vehicle carrying the consignment.
- The 900 kg cow meat was stuffed in the front, back and boot of the car in black poly bags.
Haryana police today arrested two people and recovered around 900 kg beef consignment from a vehicle near Gurugram. The cops sprung into action after they received a tip-off from gau rakshaks that cow meat consignment was being transported via Sohna into Delhi in a white Hyundai Accent.
The smugglers were carrying the consignment of fresh cow meat stuffed in black poly bags in their vehicle from Mewat in Haryana to Delhi. As the cops spotted a white Hyundai Santro [DL 8CF 2080], they instructed it to stop for a routine check. They tried to flee however, one of the smugglers was arrested and the consignment seized.
- The smugglers attempted to flee on being instructed to stop, however, their car broke down.
- Of the four smugglers, police arrested two while the remaining managed to flee.
- The arrested youth revealed his identity as Hasan Mohammad and told the cops that the Santro was actually a pilot car for Hyundai Accent [DL 9CC 0028], which was carrying the actual consignment.
- Hasan Mohammad revealed the identities of the other three men as Jumma, Mammu and Mustkim.
- Within minutes, the vehicle carrying the consignment reached the spot and the cops immediately stopped it and seized the meat.
- The 900 kg cow meat was stuffed in the front, back and boot of the car in black poly bags.
- Police later arrested Jumma and an FIR was registered in the Sohna police station vide FIR no 40/2017 under section 13(3) of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshak and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015 and section 120B of the IPC.
- According to police officials, habitual Mewati criminals are always heavily armed and dont hesistate in opening fire in order to flee.
- "From country-made pistols to advanced automatic weapons, these criminals have everything with them. Apart from these weapons, their vehicles are loaded with stones and bricks, which they hurl at anyone who attempts to nab them," said Kaushik, from the Gau Gyan Foundation, which actively works with the legal system to safeguard and rehabilitate trafficked animals.
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