Pramesh S Jain & Binish Thomas (Sub-Editor)
M
ore trouble for cow vigilante Punith Kerehalli and former MP Pratap Simha as Basaveshwaranagar police on Wednesday registered FIR against the duo along with their associates under unlawful assembly and preventing police personnel from discharging their duties .
The duo on Wednesday held a protest alleging police brutality and also demanded FIR against the meat trader,Abdul Razaq.
Alleging harassment and brutality,Pratap Simha claimed that Kerehalli was detained at the Cottonpet police station even before he was produced in front of a magistrate and accused Vijayanagar Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Chandan Kumar of subjecting Kerehalli to tortured .
“He [Kerehalli] was taken into a room at the Cottonpet police station,” Simha said.“He was stripped and made to stand in the nude. Kerehalli has alleged that ACP Kumar tortured him.
Does the law allow anyone to be stripped? Are there homosexuals in the police department?” Pratap Simha questioned.
He also said that a complaint has been filed before the city police commissioner seeking strict action against ACP.
The police soon bundled the duo along with their support and taken them to the station where case has been filed for creating ruckus and protesting without permission .
The incident occurred on the evening of July 26 when around 150 cartons containing meat were intercepted at the railway station.
Kerehalli,along with a dozen of his associates,reached the spot and created a ruckus and alleged that dog meat was being brought into the state and raised questions on the edible quality if it indeed was goat or sheep meat.
Police officials and food inspectors reached the spot and the meat was confiscated for testing.Kerehalli was subsequently arrested by the police and booked. He was then moved to a hospital after he complained of illness.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI),Karnataka,confirmed quoting the DNA report that the meat seized was of sheep.
“A detailed analysis report from the institute which carried out Molecular Biomarker Analysis (DNA) test on the samples,confirmed that the meat was of Ovis aries (sheep),” the authority said, adding that samples were sent to the National Meat Research Institute at ICAR in Hyderabad for analysis.
The other reports to check whether necessary measures to maintain the food safety standards while transporting the meat,is awaited and action will be taken based on the report,Food Safety Commissioner Srinivas K,said
