‘Dog meat biryani’ at Tk 30 per packet: Khulna police arrest 4 people

UNB :
In Khulna, four individuals were arrested over selling biryani containing “dog meat.”

The group was detained from an abandoned building on the premises of the Khulna Polytechnic Institute in Khalishpur on Wednesday afternoon.

Police found remains of slaughtered dogs at the site.

Of the arrestees, aside from Abu Sayeed (37), all are minors.

Mohammad Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Khalishpur Police Station, said that Abu Sayeed, a Khalishpur resident, had been selling the “biryani” at Tk 30 per packet in the city.

Police were able to catch the group based on intelligence sources.

The individuals were taken to Khalishpur Police Station in the presence of Executive Magistrate Abdullah Al Imran and Livestock Officer Priyanka Kundu.

The OC confirmed that actions have been taken against the arrestees under the Animal Welfare Act.

All of the arrestees live in areas adjacent to the polytechnic institute. Of them, one has been identified as Abu Syed, 37, a resident of Khalishpur Bangabasi intersection area.

Syed cooked and sold the biryani in the streets at a low price. OC Anwar Hossain said, “A strong stench was coming from the abandoned building for several days.

This afternoon the accused entered the building with a dog.

After seeing that, some locals followed them and saw that they were slaughtering the dog and processing the meat. At that time, the locals detained them and informed the police.”

Later, a team of police went to the building and found skins and bones of many slaughtered dogs scattered around.

“The detainees said they have been trading dog meat for about a month,” said Anwar.

The OC also said a case is being filed under the Animal Welfare Act 2019, with the Department of Livestock Servicesof Animal Resources as the plaintiff.