Kolkata: Eight persons were arrested by the police on Friday in connection with a racket selling adulterated chicken to popular restaurants in Salt Lake and Rajarhat-New Town.
Nearly 100 kgs of adulterated chicken were seized from two places.
Trouble began in the morning when a youth Mohammed Nasiruddin Gazi came to sell chicken to Janardan Singh, owner of YFC restaurant on Jessore Road near airport.
Alleging that the chicken was adulterated the angry local residents caught them and informed the police at around 9 am.
Gazi (21) is from Dakshin Kodalia at Basirhat in North 24 Parganas while Janardan (48) stays at RN Guha Road at Gora Bazar in Dum Dum. They were detained at the Airport police station before their arrest. The consignment of chicken was seized.
Based on Gazi’s revealation during interrogation a raid was conducted at Dhali Chicken Shop, a meat store behind City Centre-II in New Town.
Six persons were arrested from the workshop, said deputy commissioner of police (headquarters) of the Bidhannagar City Police Amit Javalgi.
They are Mohammed Sahnur Rahaman Molla (39) of Utter Kodalia at Basirhat, Piar Ali Sardar (36) of Hariharpur Kantarhati in Basirhat, Atisin Mallick (25) Utter Babundi in Basirhat, Saifuddin Gazi (26) of Dakshin Kodalia, Mohammed Saharab Mallick (40) of Utter Kodalia and Rezaul Molla (19) of Bodra at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas.
Five freezers were found and several plastic packets containing chicken were seized. The police is now hunting for the meat store’s co-owners: Ruhul Kuddus Bepari and Kaushar Ali Dhali.
