Two arrested in Thane for illegal slaughter, transportation of beef

Police in Thane district Maharashtra apprehended two individuals for allegedly slaughtering cows and illegally transporting beef an official confirmed on WednesdayThe incident occurred in the early hours of May 5 at Ranjnoli Naka in Bhiwandi when a tempo with illegal goods was intercepted reported PTIUpon inspection authorities discovered roughly 700 kilograms of beef worth over Rs 260 lakh inside the car A police official told PTI During its inspection it came to light that the tempo was transporting beef The police seized a total of around 700 kilograms of the meat worth around Rs 260 lakhAccording to the report Yusuf Bikan Sheikh 25 a driver and Ramzan Ibrahim Sheikh 28 a worker were arrestedAn inquiry is underway to determine the origins of the confiscated products An FIR has been filed against the couple under Section 429 mischief by killing or maiming livestock of the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act the report addedThe police are trying to find out the source of the goods the station house officer of the Kongaon police station saidIn another incident in Maharashtras Gondia district two revenue officers and another individual are facing charges after allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from two suppliers of building materials as per the AntiCorruption BureauOn May 4 revenue personnel apprehended two sandladen tippers belonging to the suppliers and transported them to the Goregaon tehsil office Both suppliers were then asked to pay a fine of Rs 123883 apiece reported PTI and it further added that although the tippers were carrying two brass sands each revenue officers wrongly classified them as tractors carrying one brass sand each when creating the indemnification bond according to an ACB officialOn May 6 the providers paid the fines and gave receipts to the tehsil office expecting their vehicles to be returned However a buddy warned them that in order to return their trucks and resume sand transportation they would each have to pay a bribe of Rs 50000 to a revenue official The officer requested that the money be handed over to a computer operator on his behalf the PTI report further statedThe news agency report said the suppliers then filed a complaint with the ACB After validating the complaint the Goregaon police filed a case against the two revenue officers and the computer operator under the Prevention of Corruption ActFurthermore the ACB pointed out that one of the accused revenue officers was previously implicated in a bribery case in 2017 where he allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 10 lakh