UP Police Arrests 4 From Mumbai For Issuing Fake Halal Certificates
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Speaking about the arrests, police officer said, "The president, vice president, treasurer and secretary of the Halal Council of India have been arrested."
The Lucknow Police has arrested four officials of the Halal Council of India, Mumbai for issuing fake Halal certificates to companies without proper sampling or testing.
"The organization had neither done sampling nor tested the products. They have only issued certificates by taking a certain amount. We questioned the certificate issuing body, the Halal Council of India. They accepted the charges that they did no sampling, nor visited any factory nor checked any process," Additional Director General of Police (ADG) of Lucknow Special Task Force (STF) Amitabh Yash said speaking to ANI on Tuesday.
The ADG said that the Halal Council of India also did not receive any authorization from any government agency to issue such certificates.
