Guwahati: Row at Narengi Chicken Market over Illegal Beef Sale

12:47 PM Oct 21, 2020 | Nibir Deka

GUWAHATI: The locals of Narengi charged a seller of a market near the railway station of selling beef. The meat was being allegedly sold illegally in a chicken shop.


In the chaos, the shop owner managed to escape. However, the supplier was caught. The meat was reportedly transported from Hajo and sold in packets to people who came to buy it. The Officer in Charge of Noonmati Police Station, Pabitra Bhuyan, confirmed the incident.


"We intervened in the situation upon coming to know about it. The sellers are saying they only brought it today but the locals have alleged that they have been doing it for some time,” said Bhuyan.


The police are investigating the matter.