Chennai: The Greater Chennai Corporation officials on Saturday seized 600 kg of calf meat, which have been smuggled into the city from other states.
According to officials, the meat would have been sold to hotels ranging from the roadside to top-class restaurants for making ‘mutton’ biryani. “Although the practice of smuggling beef from other states had been curtailed after several raids, the practice had started to evolve again,” an official said.
The Chennai Corporation officials had conducted a surprise raid at the small warehouse on the banks of Cooum river on South Cooum River Road, Egmore, following a secret information. “The miscreants have been bringing calf meet from other states by trains under the label of fish meat. They will cut the meat into small pieces and sell them as mutton meat,” the official explained.
During the raid, it came to light that the meat had been slaughtered on the banks of the Cooum in unhygienic conditions posing health problems to consumers. More than 600 kg of unhygienic calf meat had been seized, said the official.
The official also added that the police complaint has been filed at the Egmore police station against the alleged owner of the shed, Sakthivel and a case has been booked. The unhygienic meat has been dumped into Kodungaiyur dumping yard.
