INDORE: A video purportedly showing Indore civic staff pushing a handcart of a boy and the eggs he was selling falling to the ground and getting smashed, has gone viral on social media and triggered outrage among local leaders as well as people. The incident took place on Wednesday at Piplyahana square in the city and the action taken against the minor vendor by the employees and officials of the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) was part of the civic body’s ongoing drive of seizing the roadside hawkers’ handcarts amid the pandemic.
The boy, identified as Paras Raikwar (12), said he earned his living by selling eggs on a handcart at Piplyahana square.
Talking to reporters after the incident, the Class VII boy, dressed in white clothes said, “They (civic officials) asked me to remove my handcart from spot saying there was no permission for it. Then they pushed the cart, following which the eggs fell to the ground and were broken.” The video of the incident went viral on Thursday, following which the IMC officials were criticised for their “insensitive” attitude.
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