Kolkata: Concerned after the complaint lodged by a woman residing at Karaya police station area near Park Circus about finding plastic-like thing inside some eggs, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) along with the police raided an egg wholesale shop at Sealdah and collected three crates of eggs that were sent for examination at the state animal husbandry laboratory. Meanwhile, acting upon the compliant lodged by Anita Kumar, the police on Thursday night arrested  Mohammed Shamim Ansari from whom she had purchased the eggs.

He was produced at Alipore court and was remanded to police custody till April 4. The shop of the accused in Beckbagan area was also sealed.

The woman had called up mayor Sovan Chatterjee on Thursday evening and had told him about finding “plastic” egg which she felt had resulted in her one-year-old son’s illness.

The civic body along with the police rushed to the house of Ms Kumar and collected samples of the eggs that she had put on the frying pan for making an omelette for his son and was surprised to find that the yolk seemed to be like plastic. “We immediately sent the sample for examination. Only after the test reports arrive will we be able to come at a conclusion. But there is surely something unusual about the eggs,” KMC mayor in council (health) Atin Ghosh said.

The wholesale shop Ramakrishna Sarada Traders in Sealdah, where the raid was conducted,  has informed us that they procure eggs from Guntur and Hyderabad following which the KMC has asked the state government to speak with their counterparts in Andhra Pradesh on this issue.

The stock of eggs that was sold by Shamim to the woman was purchased on March 24.

“We seized three crates from the same stock and sent it for examination. What is most amazing is the fact that whoever is involved in this practice is not doing it for economic gain but for some other unknown reasons. People consuming these eggs are prone to serious health hazards,” a KMC health officer said.

Mr Ghosh said that the civic body will be conducting drives on a regular basis to make the retail as well as wholesale  traders of egg aware that they should be careful enough before selling   eggs.

“The FSSAI Act is very stringent and selling things that may lead to human loss may land a person in jail with life imprisonment,” Mr Ghosh said. He also urged the consumers to be extra cautious while cooking eggs.