-- Samir Umarye
BICHOLIM: Bicholim Police arrested two butchers from Mapusa on charges of illegally transporting beef worth Rs 1 lakh from Karnataka to Goa. According to reports, the Animal Rescue Squad (ARS) Bicholim along with two other organisations foiled an attempt of the two accused of illegally transporting beef from Karnataka to Goa. ARS Chief Amrut Singh along with the members of Govansha Raksha Abhiyan and Bharat Swabhiman carried out the operation. The ARS through investigation had learnt that there was illegal transportation of beef into the State by using fake papers from an illegal slaughter house at Yamakanmoradi-Karnataka. “After a tip-off, we waited near the Keri outpost at 2 am on Sunday and at 4 am we spotted a rickshaw (GA-03-K-1607) entering the State. When we intercepted the vehicle, the two persons showed us the papers which we had already verified as fake,” informed Amrut Singh. The ARS then contacted Bicholim and Valpoi Police and complained that beef was being illegally transported into the State. Police rushed to the site and arrested Abdul Gani Bepari and driver, Dada Pir Mulla, from Mapusa. Dr Narendra Naik, who checked the meat, later certified that it not fit for human consumption and the owners did not follow proper norms of transporting the beef, which weighed about 1 tonne costing Rs 1 lakh. Bicholim PI Neenad Devulkar is investigating the case. Besides Amrut Singh, the raiding team consisted of Gajanand Bordekar, Kamlakant Tari, Bhagwan Harmalkar, Sandeep Sutar, Digamber Raut, Vishnu Naik, Sandesh Kalangutkar, Anil Parshekar and Ladu Parab.
