Hindutva mob closes down Muslim juice shop in UP

2021-12-23

Main Information

  • Victim Names Shabbu Khan
  • Date of Incident 2021-12-23
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Navneet Sharma
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Moradabad, Majhola, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Majhola, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Hindutva mob forced a Muslim man to shut down his juice shop after vandalizing it which he had been running from 15 years. The shop named New Sai Juice Centre was vandalized by the Bajrang Dal saying that Sai is the name of a Hindu deity. The police remained mute while all this was going on and later told the owner that he should “change the name of the shop to avoid further trouble”. The owner was also slapped by the goons. A FIR was registered against the Bajrang dal leader Navneet Sharma and his accomplices under Indian Penal Code 323, 504, 526, and 147. The owner of the shop was also slapped by the goons.