Two persons were arrested when they were taking three Camels at C block of the Connaught Place’s Inner Circle for slaughter on January 31. The accused have been identified as Qadir Khan and Ansar. While Qadir is a resident of Mustafabad in North-East Delhi, Ansar belongs to Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh. A case was registered at the Connaught Place police station.
Acting on a tip-off about two persons coming to CP with four camels on foot for slaughter, Guarav Kumar Gupta, a Wildlife Crime and Cruelty cell officer of People For Animals organisation, along with his team laid trap at the Inner Circle of CP in the wee hours of Tuesday.
“We had received tip-off that the accused would cross through Connaught Place with four camels. After waiting for a while, we saw them with three camels in between Block C and D of the Inner Circle. I immediately called the police and a police team reached the spot and arrested the duo,” said Gupta.
On interrogation, the duo said they ware taking the camels from Haryana to get them butchered at a slaughter house in Dasna in Ghaziabad.