Mangalore: Raids Continue - MCC Officials Seal Illegal Slaughter House
Pics: Brijesh Garodi
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (BG)
Mangalore, Jun 3: Mangalore City Corporation officials on Sunday June 3 continued their crackdown on illegal business in the city, this time taking to task an owner of a slaughter house in Kudroli.
The officials raided the slaughter house in an early morning operation, at around 5.30 am.
As many as 12 officials including health inspectors led by MCC joint commissioner Srikanth Rao raided the abattoir and seized 26 sheep and skin.
Minor tension prevailed in the area when people gathered and the owner of the slaughter house Noor Mohammed refused to obey the officials and tried to stop them from raiding. He argued that no slaughtering activities was carried out and it was only used for storage of animal skins and to stock sheeps and goats.
When asked to produce the bills for the skin and trade license he failed to produce and argued that he had been running his business for past 40 years without any licence, "Why should one have licence for stocking the skins and animal herd in one's own campus?" he questioned.
However, the officials said that prima-facie, it was evident that illegal acitivies were being carried out, and succeeded in sealing the abattoir for running illegally.
The officials then went across to Central Market and inspected the meat stalls. Meat supplied by the MCC slaughter house carries a seal, and the officials checked the stalls to find out where the meat was coming from. Nothing was found amiss, however, the owners of the stalls were told to maintain cleanliness and hygiene.
Speaking to Daijiworld, health inspector Bharat Kumar said that there were four more illegal slaughter houses running illegally in Kudroli, and they would be raided soon.
The sheep seized from the slaughter house were later taken to MCC slaughter house.
Sushanth, Santhosh, Karunakar, Yashwanth, Nirmala, Ramu, Poovappa, S N Bhat, and Manjunath Shetty were among the officials who conducted the raid.
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