Following the arrest of three women allegedly found selling beef in Alwar, the police seized nearly 400 hides of cows, buffaloes and goats from a warehouse in Govindgarh, Alwar, in Rajasthan on Wednesday, 1 August.
Devendra Kumar, additional superintendent of police, Alwar Rural, told The Quint that out of the approximately 400 hides found, 221 were of cows, 82 were of buffaloes and 47 were of goats. Ninety one remains like bones and intestines of cows and buffaloes were also discovered.
The carcasses were found in two rooms in the warehouse, which is owned by two men, named Salim and Shakeel Qureshi, Kumar said.
The police arrested Shakeel, who is also one of the arrested women’s son, for slaughtering a cow on Tuesday. The raid at the warehouse was conducted at 7:30 am on Wednesday after the police questioned Shakeel.
During the raid, it was found that the slaughtering was going on for a long time and that beef was being transported to areas in Rajasthan, Haryana and other adjoining states, Kumar said, adding that a report on the matter has been sent to Alwar’s MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja.
After locals gathered at an eidgah, purportedly demanding death penalty for the cow slaughterers, the MLA said he hoped the police would arrest all the people involved in the incident at the earliest. He also requested the locals not to take the law into their own hands.
The raid was carried out in connection with the arrest of members of the family allegedly involved in beef trade.
Three women and a man were caught purportedly packaging beef in packets weighing two kgs each. They were allegedly selling beef in Alwar's Ambedkar Nagar.
"Three women who were arrested were produced before the court. The man has confessed to killing of a cow. Forty kg of beef was recovered. The samples have been sent for forensic testing," the police had told ANI.
The arrest of three women was made by the state police on Monday after the police was informed about slaughtering of a cow at a butcher’s house near Badbada mod, Hindustan Times reported.
In addition to this, the police also visited the forest of Jhareda village to see the field where Shakeel had purportedly slaughtered the cow.
VHP Launches Protest
Protesting against cow slaughter and demanding a blanket ban on the sale of beef, nearly 25 men from Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) carried out a rally in Khairthal area of Rajasthan.
Veterinary doctors and a large number of Hindu activists were present when the police raided the warehouse on Wednesday, reported IANS.
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