Team Clarion
NEW DELHI – Hindutva groups vandalised and looted a Muslim-owned garment shop in Himachal Pradesh’s Nahan town on Wednesday after the latter posted two photos of animal sacrifice as his WhatsApp status.
The looting occurred even as the police stood as silent spectators, reports reaching here said.
Shopowner Javed, originally from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, has been running his business in Nahan for several years.
In a video that has emerged on social media platforms, the mob is seen forcibly opening the shop in the presence of police personnel. The Hindutva mob threw out clothes from the shop as hundreds of gathered people cheered and chanted slogans like “Ek Hi Nara Ek Hi Naam, Jai Shri Ram.”.
The police put the shutters of the shop down only after most of the items were looted or destroyed.
Hindutva groups including ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad) and the Traders Association first created a ruckus in the town on Tuesday. They also issued a warning to shop owners not to rent out their properties to Muslims from outside. They were also asked to get the properties vacated immediately if already rented out to Muslims.
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