MORADABAD, India December 27 The Hindutva goons vandalised and forced to shut down a juice shop called ‘New Sai Juice Centre’, being run by a Muslim man in Indian state Utter Pardesh ruled by BJP-RSS party. The juice shop is run by a Muslim for the past 15 years in the Majhola area of Moradabad district of the state. The Hindutva goons vandalised and forced to shut down after members of Hindu outfit raised objection to the outlet’s name ‘New Sai Juice Centre’.
The Bajrang Dal outfit claimed that “Sai Baba is a Hindu deity” and the Muslim owner should change its name. They also threatened to shut all shops run by Muslims and named after Hindu deities in the locality.
The state police of the state Bharatiya Janata Partys Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath (Indian monk and Hindutva politician )firstly did not registered FIR . Later FIR was registered after videos of the incident began circulating on social media against Bajrang Dal leader Navneet Sharma, and his aides for “rioting and criminal intimidation”.
Locals in the area said that police initially remained a mute spectator while all this was going on and later advised Shabbu Khan, the juice shop owner, said, “I was about to have dinner at home on Thursday when I was shocked to learn that a few people were vandalising my shop. They asked me to close my shop because of my faith. This shop is part of my life and my family.” sources