Summary:
Vadodara/ Anand: Three persons were arrested on Sunday morning for allegedly smuggling 200kg beef into Anand town. The four accused have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amended) Act, 2011. Acting on a tip-off, police laid a trap and intercepted a beef-laden auto rickshaw near Loteshwar Mahadev temple at Borsad chowkdi.Preliminary FSL report confirmed that the 200kg meat was cow beef, an official of Anand special operations group (SOG) said. It carries punishment of Rs 50,000 fine and up to seven years' jail. It arrested Mohsin Pathan, Ashraf Qureshi and Mohammed Shahrukh Jaffar Qureshi, all residents of Kantannagar of Borsad's Panchvad area.During interrogation, the trio said the meat was to be supplied to Shafi Qureshi, a resident of Anand and it was brought from Panchmahal..