3 held in Hyderabad for not delivering meat on Bakrid after collecting money

Three persons who cheated people after collecting money for ‘Qurbani’ (sacrifice of animal) on Eid ul Adha were arrested by the Habeebnagar police on Wednesday. The police seized Rs. 23 lakh in cash, a laptop and a mobile phone from them.

The arrested are Mohd Naseer (30), a resident of Bahadurpura, Mohd Zafar Ahmed (29), a resident of Sun City and Mohd Ashwaq (27) of Bandlaguda Jagir.

According to the DCP (south west) D Uday Kumar Reddy, Naseer started a



social organization ‘Khidmath Foundation’ and offered a ‘hissah’ (share in a sacrificial animal preferably an ox) and collected Rs. 2800 per share from around 2,179 persons.

“Naseer created a mobile phone based app and took bookings from the public. Counters were also set up at different places in the city for offline bookings. After collecting the money, the gang on the festival day failed to keep their promise and cheated people leaving them high and dry,” said Uday Kumar Reddy.