5 booked for stopping tempo carrying buffalo meat in Mumbai
Five people have been booked by the Navi Mumbai police for allegedly stopping a tempo carrying meat. The driver reportedly had a certificate to show that it was buffalo meat being transported legally but the five accused claimed they were journalists and insisted he pay a fine and destroy the consignment. Police tested and confirmed that it was buffalo meat. 
Five people have been booked and two of them arrested by Navi Mumbai Police for stopping a tempo which was carrying meat despite the fact that the driver had a certificate to show that it was not beef, but buffalo meat being transported legally.The incident took place late on Monday night. A tempo, which left from Deonar abattoir in Mumbai, was stopped by 5 people who claimed they were journalists as it passed through Navi Mumbai.  Despite the fact that the tempo driver had a certificate to prove that he was carrying buffalo meat as part of a legal consignment (and it was not beef), these people insisted that the driver pay fine and destroy the consignment. However, the driver was smart enough and informed the police. VASHI POLICE STARTED PROBING THE MATTERLocal Vashi Police officers reached the spot and started investigating the matter. The consignment was seized and samples sent for a forensic test. The results of the test the next morning confirmed it as buffalo meat and legally valid to be transported.The police allowed the tempo driver to travel with his consignment while five people were booked for giving false information and stopping such a consignment.Last week, India Today-Aajtak carried out a sting operation on gau rakshaks from Mumbai and Maharashtra exposing the extortion racket they were running. One group on which the sting operation was carried out belonged to Navi Mumbai.Also read | PIL filed in Bombay High Court seeking 24-hour helpline against cow vigilantes