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Jharkhand: Fruit sellers booked for putting up communal banners

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Published : Apr 26, 2020, 1:26 PM IST

Fruit sellers in Jamshedpur booked for communal banners
Fruit sellers in Jamshedpur booked for communal banners

The Jharkhand Police took action against fruit sellers in Jamshedpur after they illustrated banners declaring their shops as being 'approved' by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. They were booked under Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code.

Jamshedpur: The Jharkhand Police on Saturday took swift action against fruit sellers in Jamshedpur after they illustrated banners declaring their shops as being 'approved' by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

Jharkhand Police was alerted by a twitter user who in a tweet posted a couple of photos in which the fruit sellers were seen displaying huge banners that read, “Hindu Fruit Shop approved by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.”

The user wrote, “It’s a matter of great shame to our state that we are going up in such Hindu Muslim hatred."

Later, the Jamshedpur Police tweeted pictures of the same fruit shops banner and wrote, “The banners have been removed and cases have been filed against those shopkeepers under Section 107 of the IPC.”

  • मामले का तत्काल संज्ञान लेते हुए संबंधित फल दुकानों से पोस्टर हटवा दिया गया है तथा संबंधित दुकानदारों के विरुद्ध कदमा थाना द्वारा धारा – 107 द0प्र0स0 के तहत निरोधात्मक कार्रवाई की जा रही है। pic.twitter.com/AXGXNmaPWW

    — Jamshedpur Police (@Jsr_police) April 25, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

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