DEHRADUN: As many as 134 “suspicious people” working as hawkers and handcart pullers in Dehradun‘s well-known Paltan Bazaar had been detained by police for failing to supply “legitimate IDs” throughout a verification drive on Tuesday that started after a girl complained {that a} Muslim employee in a shoe store “misbehaved” along with her.
The police motion got here a day after some locals together with members of right-wing teams shut down the busy market and held a protest demanding that Muslim merchants “vacate the outlets taken on lease” following the Hindu lady’s allegation.
A case was additionally registered in opposition to the 24-year-old salesman, Umer Dawood, of UP’s Bijnor, beneath BNS sections 74 (assault on a girl with the intent to outrage her modesty) and 75(2) (sexual harassment), & subsequently the accused was arrested.
SSP Ajai Singh stated, “The drive was carried out to verify credentials of individuals from exterior state operating companies or working at outlets out there. Round 134 individuals who failed to supply a legitimate ID proof had been detained in the course of the drive. They had been taken to police traces for additional questioning.”
“Now we have urged all of the shopkeepers to cooperate within the course of and cautioned them about potential authorized repercussions of hiring staff with out thorough verification. To make sure ladies security out there, we’ve additionally determined to deploy ladies officers in plain garments,” Singh added.
In response to recurring incidents of communal unrest in state, minority physique Muslim Seva Sangathan, alleging govt inaction, has determined to maneuver Uttarakhand HC, interesting to it to “shield minority rights”.
