BJP protests against carcass meat racket

Kolkata: The BJP’s West Bengal unit on Saturday organised a sit-in demonstration in the city to corner the ruling Trinamul Congress over the carcass meat racket unearthed last week.

The BJP organised the demonstration at Elgin Road area in Kolkata. With placards and posters, the activists shouted slogans against the state government.

“The state government has been indifferent towards this racket. The state government has turned a blind eye to this for which the racket has flourished in the state,” senior BJP leader Subhas Sarkar said.

Last week, the police had seized 20 tonne of rotten meat, suspected of dead animals and sourced from dumping grounds, meant to be supplied to eateries and departmental stores in the state as well as neighbouring Jharkhand, Odisha and Bihar.

The West Bengal government has directed all police stations in the metropolis and the districts to keep a watch on the sale of meat in their areas, officials said.