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Four held in Bareilly for selling non-veg on Kanwar Yatra route
Uttar Pradesh police detained four people in Bareilly after raiding two shops selling non-vegetarian food along the Bareilly-Bahedi route, a designated Kanwar Yatra path. Authorities had ordered traders not to sell meat,…
The Story in Brief
Uttar Pradesh police detained four people in Bareilly after raiding two shops selling non-vegetarian food along the Bareilly-Bahedi route, a designated Kanwar Yatra path. Authorities had ordered traders not to sell meat, chicken or fish on the pilgrimage routes during the Sawan month, warning of legal action for violations.
The first raid on Saturday evening found a shop selling chicken biryani despite an earlier warning. Police used a JCB machine to remove the shop's tin shed and counter. Separately, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi ordered a crackdown in June on unlicensed meat shops along Kanwar routes and near the 308 Kanwar camps.
The Indian Opinion
The police action in Bareilly, with its JCB demolitions, feeds a familiar cycle: a blanket ban on non-veg sale along pilgrimage routes, then a crackdown that looks more like political theatre than public safety. Yet the MCD in Delhi quietly regulated only unlicensed meat shops, a smarter approach. The real test is whether the same energy goes into enforcing food safety standards for vegetarian stalls, or if this is just another round of selective moral policing dressed as administration.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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