Hyderabad: A meat shop running under the name “A to Z Sheep and Goat offal” in Mangalhat’s Aman Nagar Colony, has allegedly been selling spoiled meat despite piling first information reports (FIR) against it.
The most recent raid, conducted by the Commissioner’s Task Force, H-FAST team and the Mangalhat Police on Wednesday, April 1, resulted in the seizure of 12 tonne of paya (goat feet), goat heads, brains, kidneys, liver and other offal, all worth Rs 10 lakh.
While the owner of the shop, Mohd Afroz, is currently absconding, his manager, Rafi Ahmed, has been arrested.
The accused would procure the stale/spoiled offal at a cheap rate from wholesale markets and preserve it at the Mangalhat store by keeping it in deep freezers and plastic tubs filled with stagnant water, to delay decomposition and suppress the foul smell, police stated in a release.
The same spoiled meat would then be supplied to marriage functions, events and hotels. Police warned that consuming this spoiled offal can lead to various health issues and registered a case under sections 125 (acts that endanger human life), 271 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 318(2) (cheating) and 112 (petty organised crime) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The shop has been raided twice before, once on March 10, 2026, and one time in March 2025.
According to the FIR accessed by Siasat.com, the March 10 raid was carried out after the Mangalhat Police conducted a decoy operation, sending two of their staff to the shop after receiving a tip-off. The decoys purchased two kg of offal from the shop and found it to be “decomposed and unhygienic.”
To avoid the accused from getting away or shifting the incriminating material to another place, the police conducted a raid immediately and arrested the owner, Afroz.
The FIR noted that the meat was packed in plastic covers and stored for several months, and there were frequent movements of rats and cats over the freezers and stored tubs.
Accordingly, a case was registered under sections 125, 271, and 318(2) of the BNS. Afroz was later released.
Back in 2025, the police, along with a veterinary doctor from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), had raided the premises to find 12 tonnes o offal worth Rs 8 lakh.
When asked about Afroz’s repeated violations, Mangalhat Police said that while the accused won’t face jail time, his license for the shop might be cancelled.
“After the first raid, Afroz was handed a fine by the GHMC. In the second case, he was arrested by us. We have filed a chargesheet, and court proceedings will go on,” an official from Mangalhat Police told Siasat.com.
This post was last modified on April 2, 2026 8:32 pm