In Hyderabad, police have busted a gang selling sheep and goat blood illegally and arrested 3 people. The accused used to sell this blood by labeling it as ‘human blood’. Police have seized 130 packets of blood.
Hyderabad: Police have busted a gang involved in illegally selling the blood of sheep and goats through syringes and arrested three accused. The incident took place on Sunday in Keesra police station area of Hyderabad, where 130 packets of blood were seized from the arrested people.
The accused used to illegally extract blood from live sheep and goats through syringes and pack it at a mutton shop in Satyanarayan Colony of Keesra area. According to the police, this work used to happen at midnight. This blood was sent from here without any permission or medical monitoring. This illegal business was going on for the last one year. The accused used to extract 1000 ml of blood from each animal.
This blood was sold for Rs 2000 per liter without the supervision of any veterinary doctor and without the permission of any authority. This illegal business took place only at night and on weekends, i.e. on Saturday night and Sunday morning. This work was done when a large number of sheep and goats were supplied to this mutton shop in Kisra area. What’s more, the shocking thing is that these packets were labeled ‘human blood’, which has created even more suspicion and fear regarding this business. It is suspected that the accused were selling sheep’s blood in the name of human blood.
The accused have claimed that they used to give this blood to the lab to prepare SBA (Sheep Blood Agar). SBA is a culture medium used in microbiology to grow and identify bacteria. But according to the police, to make SBA, blood has to be collected in a very strict and clean manner, which was not followed here.
Additionally, this blood was stored in a refrigerator using anticoagulants. The accused claimed that they could keep it safe for 30 days. Police said that collecting blood in this manner without following any standards is a violation of many laws.
In connection with this incident, apart from violations of health, animal welfare and food safety laws, the police are also investigating the supply chain, end buyers, labs and other key accused behind this network. Detailed investigation is underway. But animal blood cannot be used for human body under any circumstances.