Prayagraj: Panic gripped Naini and adjoining areas under limits of Naini police station for hours in the trans-Yamuna pocket of the district on Friday after a joint team of Naini police and SOG carried out a raid at a house located in Poora Fateh Miya Ka Pura and seized a huge quantity of carcasses, sharp-edged weapons, skins, horns, three bikes, two scooters and an electronic weighing machine. The joint police team also arrested seven persons, including five men and two women, involved in cattle smuggling and slaughtering. They also rescued many cattle forcibly kept inside a plot.Police said that thorough investigations are underway and legal action would be initiated accordingly. The joint police team carried out raids at the house based on tips provided by the volunteers of VHP (Gau Raksha wing). Regional Secretary of VHP (Gauraksha wing – Kashi prant), Lal Mani Tiwari, told TOI that, “Activists of Gau Raksha wing received information about the disposal of horns, skins, and internal body parts of cattle by unidentified miscreants involved in cattle smuggling and slaughtering during late-night hours and alerted senior police authorities. A joint team of Naini police and SOG conducted a series of raids in houses in the area and seized carcasses, sharp-edged weapons, and other items.”