6,000 kilos beef seized in Ahmedabad, 2 arrested
Published: Wednesday, Dec 28, 2011, 19:20 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA
After the recent police support to them, the gaurakshaks of the city have become more vigilant. In the wee hours of Tuesday, they intercepted a mini-truck carrying 6,000 kg of beef and paraded the traffickers half-naked before handing them over to the police.
The men were transporting the beef consignment from Godhra to the city. However, the gaurakshaks who were not satisfied with just hauling in the traffickers even set their mini-truck on fire. The police have lodged a complaint against four of the gaurakshaks for the same.
The gaurakshaks were tipped off about a mini-truck carrying a large quantity of beef into the city, based on which they kept a close watch at the exit for the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway.
Their vigilance paid off when they saw a mini-truck approaching from the exit and followed it. After a short chase, the traffickers realised that they could not shake the angry gaurakshaks off their tail, so they tried to flee leaving the truck behind at CTM crossroads. Of the four men, two were captured by the angry mob.
The captured men were then stripped and paraded half-naked after being given an icy cold shower in public. Not satisfied by the punishment to the duo, the mob even set afire the mini-truck.
Finally, they were handed over to Ramol police who reached the spot after news of the incident.
After samples were sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), the meat in the truck was declared to be cow beef. The captured traffickers were identified as 25-year-old Iqbal Sheikh and Jaffer Sheikh (30), both natives of Halol in the Panchmahals district. The duo confessed to the police that they were transporting the beef at the behest of one Khalid from Godhra to Dariapur in the city.
Police sources claim that the same truck carrying beef was also seized earlier by Ramol police. Even the men caught by the cops were the same as the previous incident two months ago, sources claimed.
We will investigate whether the claim of the same truck and men being caught earlier is genuine, said Ramol police inspector CL Solanki.