On July 01, the last day of the Eid celebrations, a Muslim juice vendor was harassed and heckled by a group of Hindu women for his identity in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun.
Late afternoon, a group of 4 women halted at the ‘The Jungle Juice Corner’ located at Dehradun’s Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) on Shimla Bypass Road to drink juice but upon learning the Muslim identity of the juice vendor, the women started shouting and hurling abuses at the shop owner.
In a video shared on social media, women can be seen creating a ruckus on the spot.
One of those women can be heard saying “Hum Momdan ke haath ka nahi khate hain, thooka hua nahi peete hain (We don’t eat anything prepared by Muslims, we don’t eat spitted food).”
She further claims that the juice vendor told her that he is not a Muslim, but the Google Pay account says that he is a Muslim.
Juice shop owner Shoaib Ali told Maktoob, “We receive payments through UPI which is registered under my name, which is a Muslim name, we in any way cannot hide or fake our identities.”…
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