Srinagar, Nov. 15 -- Around 1,600 kilograms (1.6 tonnes) of deteriorated and rotten meat was seized at Budgam railway station after railway police alerted the food safety department about a suspicious consignment, reportedly leaking blood and emitting a foul smell. The meat was transported from Delhi in railway cargo, allegedly to be distributed in the valley.

This is not the first time rotten meat has been seized in Kashmir. Last year, hundreds of quintals of rotten meat were seized from different locations. SHO railway police Budgam, Benazir Iqbal, said they received a tip-off about a suspicious consignment. "When our teams reached the spot and opened the cartons, they found rotten meat."

Senior officials of the food safety department...