Dajiworld Media Network - Karkala

Karkala, Dec 10: Police have arrested a local worker of a right wing outfit on charges of selling a cow and a calf to an illegal slaughterhouse operating at Nalloor in the Karkala rural police limits.

The arrested person has been identified as Shivaprasad alias Annu Madivala, 28, a resident of Nalloor.

On November 12, Karkala rural police had raided a house in Nalloor and arrested Ashraf Ali and his wife for allegedly running an illegal slaughterhouse. Following the arrests, members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal had staged a protest claiming that the cow and calf had been stolen and slaughtered there, and had demanded that the government seize the house where the illegal activity was taking place.

Police intensified the investigation and interrogated the arrested couple. During questioning, they reportedly told the police that the cow and calf had been sold to them by Shivaprasad, a worker associated with a right wing organisation.

Acting on this information, police arrested Shivaprasad and produced him before the court.

Police said he had purchased the animals from others and later sold them to Ashraf Ali.