Bengaluru Dog Meat Controversy: 2,700kg of mystery meat at creates panic, officials say, It's goat meat
Bengaluru, a controversy erupted on Friday over the alleged transportation of dog meat. Police seized 90 insulated boxes containing 2,700kg of meat that had arrived by train from Jaipur. Activists gathered at the railway station, protesting the supposed transportation of dog meat. However, officials clarified that the packages contained chevon (goat meat).
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The police registered three FIRs on the night of the incident. A senior police officer said, «The first FIR was against the transportation of meat, suspecting it could have been mixed with dog meat, and the second was against cow vigilante Puneet Kerehalli for obstructing food quality department officials from discharging their duty. Another FIR was registered against Puneet and his four associates for unlawful assembly in a public place.»
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K Srinivas, the commissioner of food safety, clarified, «The meat, at the outset, was not of a dog but is of a special breed of goat, Sirohi, which is largely found in Rajasthan and Kutch-Bhuj areas of Gujarat. They also have a slightly elongated tail and spots on them. Hence, people could easily confuse them for a dog. There were no signs of dog meat in the samples. Due to short supply of mutton and chevon, some traders source it from other states and sell it here at an affordable price.»
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