kochi kalamassery police investigating the functioning of an illegal chicken supply unit at kaipadamugal from where health and food safety officials seized over 500 kg of stale and stinking chicken on january 12 took the prime accused in the case into custody from malappuram on monday nightjunais a native of mannarkkad palakkad who used to run the unit would be brought to kochi on tuesday said a senior police official the man had gone into hiding after the stale meat was seized and police were on the lookout for him police said that he was the key person behind this and more details can be known through questioning himhe was booked under sections 269 unlawfully or negligently does any act which is and which he knows or has reason to believe to be likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life and 273 offering as food or drink any article which has been rendered or has become noxious of the ipc the food safety and health officials had sealed the rented house from where the supply unit was functioning after seizing stale chicken and used oil on january 12