Maharashtra police to stop lynchings with meat kits

Maharashtra’s Forensic Science Laboratory has developed a portable kit that will enable the police to check if the meat they are holding is beef or not Officials would be able to examine meat samples on the spot The kits that are currently available only in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur will soon be extended to Nashik and Aurangabad

Maharashtra’s Forensic Science Laboratory has developed a portable kit that will enable the police to check if the meat they are holding is beef or not within 30 minutes. This new kit will help the cops evade false arrests and also help prevent lynchings in the name of cow protection.

“The Cow Meat Detection ELISA Kit can provide results within half an hour. We have been working on the kit for the last few months along with Hyderabad-based scientist Dr Bhanushali. All 45 mobile FSL vans in the state will have this kit soon," said Director In-charge of Forensic Science Laboratory, KY Kulkarni, to PTI. 

With this kit, officials would be able to examine meat samples on the spot. If the report is positive that a sample is cow meat, it will then be sent for further forensic testing for confirmation through DNA process," he further added.

The BJP-led government in the state has enacted Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act which bans the slaughter of bulls too, besides that of cows. The kit will help police secure more convictions in cases of beef possession or transportation. The kit will help police secure more convictions in cases of beef possession or transportation.

The kits that are currently available only in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur will soon be extended to Nashik and Aurangabad.