Mangaluru: Five people including three people from Kerala have been booked for dumping meat waste illegally in the Vittal police station limits. According to sources, they would charge money from slaughterhouses to dump their waste in Karnataka.Though this menace was reported to officials, no action was taken, but officials only became alert on the issue when the public caught the violators red-handed, while they came with a truck full of meat waste. Police said based on a complaint filed by Jinappa Gowda, the panchayat development officer of Alike village panchayat, they have arrested five people and seized one goods tempo and a car, which was carrying meat waste.The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Rafique, 30, a resident of Volamogaru village in Puttur; Ahmed Gajani, 34, a resident of Kozhikode, Kerala; Saufi, 30, a resident of Malaparamba, Kerala; Masood, 25, a resident of Kozhikode, Kerala, and Mohammed Jiyaullah Ansari, 20, a resident of Bihar. The case was filed on Thursday, and all the arrested have been remanded in judicial custody.The accused were booked under IPC Section 269 (negligent act likely to spread infectious disease dangerous to life), 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 277(Fouling water of public spring or reservoir) and 278 (making atmosphere noxious to health).A case has been registered at Vittal police station. According to sources, since the Kerala government does not permit illegal waste disposal from slaughterhouses and impose fines, some traders hire commercial vehicles to dump waste at the Karnataka border. It is said that lorry owners are paid per sack of waste, which ranges up to Rs 400. A medium lorry carries nearly 200-300 sacks per load, which is later dumped in Karnataka.

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