A group of Nepal police officers are being investigated
for operating a butcher's shop from their station and slaughtering
goats when they should have been fighting crime, according to the
force.
The officers in the station on the outskirts of the capital
Kathmandu are accused of taking livestock from members of the
public and killing and carving up the animals to be sold.
"Locals used to bring their goats and the police personnel
helped them to slaughter them," said Dhiraj Pratap Shah, Deputy
Superintendent of Kathmandu Police.
"There was empty ground and easy availability of water in the
police station. Goat meat was sold by locals from the police
station area."
Junior police officers in Kathmandu earn just 9,000 rupees
($110) a month and often top up their salaries with second
jobs.
But the 10 officers under investigation claim they were not
charging and were helping out as a service to the community.
"We have transferred the officer in charge for his failure to
execute his police duties properly," said Shah. "He is supposed to
maintain law and order."