Police conduct raids in city after seizure of rotten meat

Raids were conducted at different locations in the Diamond Harbour police district after 20 tonnes of rotten meat, suspected to be of dead animals, was seized here, a senior official said today.

The raids were also conducted in other areas of South 24 Parganas district, North 24 Parganas as well as in other parts of the city, said a member of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state government to investigate the incident.

Reports of the chemical tests are awaited as of now.

The reports will help in the investigation in a "big way", the superintendent of police, Diamond Harbour police district, Koteswara Rao told PTI.

"We are awaiting the reports. Hopefully we will receive them in another couple of days," Rao said.

Asked whether anyone from the civic bodies in and around Diamond Harbour police district or from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) had any role in the supply of rotten meat of dead animals, Rao said, "As of now, nothing as such has been found. Our investigation is still on. We are not ruling out anything."