New Delhi: Railway police have seized 20 cartons holding 1,286 kg of suspected cow beef at Nizamuddin in Delhi, a consignment that had come by train from Hyderabad booked as mutton and meat items, Delhi Railways DCP B. Bharat Reddy said.
The DCP said police received information on Sunday, 8 November, that around 20 cartons containing suspected cow beef were being sent through the railway parcel service. A team reached the Nizamuddin washing line of New Delhi Railway Station, where train cargo is unloaded, along with teams from the Government Railway Police, the Railway Protection Force, Railway Vigilance and the railway parcel service. The suspected cartons were unloaded.
The consignment was booked from Hyderabad under the description “Mutton and Meat” through a logistics company, whose name has also emerged, for delivery to a recipient in Seelampur through the Porter app, the DCP said.
A Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team, a veterinary doctor and the investigating officer reached the spot. Samples of the meat will be collected and sent to the FSL for examination. If the report confirms that it is cow beef, appropriate legal action will be taken under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and other relevant special laws, he said.
Until then, the consignment has been seized and the seizure documented through the e-Sakshya system. Because the items are perishable, they will be disposed of following the prescribed legal procedure. Further investigation is underway.
