Amid the ongoing Hindu festival of Chaitra Navratri , cow vigilantes and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have been on rounds forcibly shutting down meat shops in several localities.
Videos of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravindra Singh on rounds in the Muslim locality Mandawali Fazalpur in Vinod Nagar of West Delhi have surfaced on social media.
Ravindra Singh also demanded that local meat traders keep shops shut during all nine days of the Navratri which commenced on March 22 (Pratipada Tithi) and will end on March 30 (Navami Tithi).
In a viral video, a BJP leader can be seen walking alongside police personnel inspecting meat shops.
When Siasat.com enquired with the Delhi police over the case, they said that no case regarding the closure of meat shops has been registered so far.
“There is no authoritarian order on meat shop closure during Navratri, he (Ravindra Singh) has visited the meat shops demanding their closure on his own,” police said.
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