India News | UP: Woman Among 2 Held for Selling Meat in Prohibited Area in Mathura

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A woman was among two people arrested for allegedly selling meat in a prohibited area here, police said on Wednesday.

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Mathura (UP), Aug 31 (PTI) A woman was among two people arrested for allegedly selling meat in a prohibited area here, police said on Wednesday.

Sale of meat is prohibited in 22 wards of Mathura since last year.

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Deeg police outpost in-charge Chaman Kumar Sharma said, "Naeem Qureshi and a woman known to him were arrested for selling meat in prohibited area."

He said 43.3 Kgs of meat was recovered from them.

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The recovered meat has been sent for forensic examination, he added.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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