Tensions rose in Pithoragarh district’s Dharchula in February when two minor girls from the area were allegedly abducted and raped by an 18-year-old man from Uttarakhand Pradesh’s Bareilly
The Uttarakhand police have booked members of the traders’ union in Dharchula town for cancelling the registrations of 91 shopkeepers – most of them from the Muslim community – and telling them to close their shops and leave.
The union acted against the shopkeepers, who were not originally from the area, alleging that “outsidPolice said the suo-moto FIR was registered by the police against six named from the union and 40 unidentified peopleers” were engaging in unlawful activities.
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