Hyderabad, March 19 -- 12 tons of stale meat/offal of sheep and goat were seized from a store in Mangalhat in a raid conducted by the commissioner's task force, southwest zone, along with a GHMC veterinary doctor on Wednesday, March 19.

The accused, identified as Mohd Afroz, 40, owner of A to Z Sheep and Goat Offal store, was arrested for illegally preserving and selling unfit meat products.

According to officials, Afroz was allegedly procuring spoiled offal-including paya (trotters), mudi (heads), beeja (brain), gurde (kidney), and kaleji (liver)-at cheap rates from the wholesale market.

He then stored them at his shop near Chisti Chaman Dargah, Mangalhat, and supplied them for marriage functions, events, and hotels, putting public he...