Court acquits man held in carcass case

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday acquitted Swarup Sen, who had been arrested in the

rotten meat

scam, by setting aside his conviction by a Bongaon court in June 2019.

Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, in his order, said, “The appellant has merely been sought to be made a scapegoat to vindicate the allegations of adulteration of food.”

Sen, who is in custody, has challenged his conviction in HC for cooking a selling rotten meat from his hotel, claiming the evidence against him does not incriminate him in any criminal wrongdoing. The state had argued in HC that Bongaon Municipality officials apprehended him while he was engaged in cooking rotten food in the restaurant so the charges are justified.