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Bajrang Dal member held for abusing Blinkit staff for delivering chicken during Shravan

Vijay Nagar Assistant Commissioner of Police Ritesh Tripathi said Verma was arrested after the Blinkit assistant manager, Monish, filed a police complaint on Wednesday.

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In his complaint, Monish alleged that Verma, along with his associates, had come to the Blinkit store at Siddharth Vihar in Vijay Nagar on July 15.

A member of the Bajrang Dal was arrested by the Ghaziabad Police on Thursday for allegedly insulting and intimidating an assistant manager of Blinkit — a quick commerce company — for delivering chicken during the month of Shravan, police said.

Ghaziabad (City) Deputy Commissioner of Police Dhawal Jaiswal identified the accused as Manoj Verma. “We have begun a probe into the incident,” he said, adding that a court has sent Verma to judicial custody.

Vijay Nagar Assistant Commissioner of Police Ritesh Tripathi said Verma was arrested after the Blinkit assistant manager, Monish, filed a police complaint on Wednesday.

In his complaint, Monish alleged that Verma, along with his associates, had come to the Blinkit store at Siddharth Vihar in Vijay Nagar on July 15.

“He came between 4 pm and 5 pm and started abusing our fleet manager, Abhay, saying that he was getting chicken delivered in the month of Shravan,” Monish wrote in the complaint, adding that they were threatened that if Abhay did not stop, Verma would kill him and get the store closed.

Meanwhile, in a purported video that has gone viral on social media, Verma and one other person could be seen stopping a Blinkit delivery agent, Ritu Raj, who was on a bike, on Wednesday — hours before the police complaint was filed. In the video, Verma is seen asking Raj to show the parcel he was carrying. On finding raw chicken, Verma asks Raj to call the customer.

When the customer picks up, Verma is heard saying on the phone — “Today, it is Tuesday and Shravan too. We are trying to ensure that less non-veg is sold. We are from Bajrang Dal and this is our work…” When the customer on the other end tells him that she is a Christian, Verma lets Raj go.

Neetika Jha

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