BADURIA: Hours after leader minister Mamata Banerjee expressed annoyance over reports of "dead chickens from Baduria in North 24 Parganas being supplied to Kolkata and its suburbs" at a Bolpur administrative assembly on Wednesday, the district administration swung into motion. On Thursday, a team led by way of Basirhat SDO Nitesh Dhali, who was once accompanied by way of Baduria BDO Suparna Biswas and senior district police officers, raided Arsulla and Jagannathpur and arrested seven persons with around 40kg of lifeless chicken.
The police additionally seized the van they have been transporting the chicken in.
"We found at least 19 dead chickens in the van on Kholapota-Baduria Road during the raid at Jagannathpur. All the passengers in the car were detained. The samples of those chickens have already been sent for forensic test to determine whether those were preserved in chemicals. The raids will continue," Dhali instructed TOI.
According to local resources, there are just about 10,000 poultry farms in Baduria the place a number of quintals of lifeless chickens have been being preserved with formalin and ice sooner than being equipped to the markets. "The poultry traders of areas like Anarpur, Jagannathpur, Arsulla, Mathabhanga and Taragunia in Baduria block used to sell dead chickens at only Rs 20-Rs 25 per kg. The preserved chickens were later packed in thermocol boxes and dispatched to several hotels, restaurants and markets in Kolkata and its suburbs," a local trader stated.
Sources added that the patrons bought this preserved meat at Rs 70 to Rs 80 in keeping with kg while the standard fee of clean chickens is Rs 160 to 180 in town areas. "Nearly 500kg meat of dead chickens were supplied to Kolkata markets almost on a regular basis for over 6 months," resources stated.
The police additionally seized the van they have been transporting the chicken in.
"We found at least 19 dead chickens in the van on Kholapota-Baduria Road during the raid at Jagannathpur. All the passengers in the car were detained. The samples of those chickens have already been sent for forensic test to determine whether those were preserved in chemicals. The raids will continue," Dhali instructed TOI.
According to local resources, there are just about 10,000 poultry farms in Baduria the place a number of quintals of lifeless chickens have been being preserved with formalin and ice sooner than being equipped to the markets. "The poultry traders of areas like Anarpur, Jagannathpur, Arsulla, Mathabhanga and Taragunia in Baduria block used to sell dead chickens at only Rs 20-Rs 25 per kg. The preserved chickens were later packed in thermocol boxes and dispatched to several hotels, restaurants and markets in Kolkata and its suburbs," a local trader stated.
Sources added that the patrons bought this preserved meat at Rs 70 to Rs 80 in keeping with kg while the standard fee of clean chickens is Rs 160 to 180 in town areas. "Nearly 500kg meat of dead chickens were supplied to Kolkata markets almost on a regular basis for over 6 months," resources stated.
Seven held with 40kg dead chicken after raids on Kolkata outskirts
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