nearly 100 tonnes of illegal beef and buffalo meat was seized from two places in gulbarga after a mumbai based ngo recently complained to the karnataka state authorities about illegal cattle slaughters taking place along the maharashtrakarnataka border and the illegal beef and buffalo meat being smuggled into mumbai and navi mumbai areas by roadour ngo karuna parivar trust had got specific information on september 1 on how large quantities of illegal beef was being illegally transported by road from karnataka to mumbai metropolitan region mmr where it was kept in cold storage and later exported to foreign countries i shared this information with the former union minister and animal activist maneka gandhi who later told the gulbarga police and other authorities about this case said the chairperson of karuna parivar trust bhavin gathanifollowing this tipoff the gulbarga police directed the r g nagar and university police stations to raid two meat processing units under their jurisdictionsthe veterinary officer of the regional animal husbandry department was also present during the raids as several body parts of buffalos cows and other cattle were found stacked in the two meat processing units the police officials found that the owners did not have any valid documents for such a huge stock of beef and buffalo meat and therefore lodged firs under the new karnataka prevention of slaughter and preservation of cattle ordinance 2020 along with ipc sections 429 269 270 said gathaniwe are thankful to the gulbarga police and animal husbandry departments for acting quickly on our complaint besides the support of maneka gandhi our ngo members were also present during the raids and noticed at least three trucks with maharashtra state registration numbers parked near these beef units the modus operandi is to load these cattle parts and then transport them by road to maharashtra for further sale and export said gathani