Maharashtra: Illegal slaughter house busted in Raigad, 5 held

Five men were arrested on Monday following a police raid on an illegal slaughter house in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.

Neral police in Raigad district of Maharashtra on Monday busted an illegal slaughter house and arrested five men, an official said. The matter was reported in Salokh village of the district. Following the raids, cops rescued 41 animals, including cows, buffaloes and calves, and sent them to a gaushala (cowshed) in Bhiwandi, Thane district, the official said. The incident came to light after Raigad district superintendent of police Ashok Dudhe received a tip off about the illegal slaughter house in Salokh village, Karjat taluka in Raigad.