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Mathura: FIR filed after dosa-seller ‘warned’, stall vandalised over its name

According to the FIR, the complainant, Irfan, alleged that some people came to his stall on August 18 and asked why he had named it ‘Shrinath’.

Mathura: FIR filed after dosa-seller ‘warned’, stall vandalised over its nameThe accused thereafter allegedly tore the banners and warned him to remove his eatery from Vikas Market in the city, according to the FIR.
Written by: Amil Bhatnagar
2 min readNew DelhiAug 29, 2021 07:57 AM IST First published on: Aug 29, 2021 at 03:47 AM IST

An FIR has been filed at Mathura’s Kotwali police station after some local residents allegedly objected to a Muslim man running a dosa stall named ‘Shrinath’, tore the eatery’s banners, and warned him to remove the stall from the market.

According to the FIR, the complainant, Irfan, alleged that some people came to his stall on August 18 and asked why he had named it ‘Shrinath’.

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The accused thereafter allegedly tore the banners and warned him to remove his eatery from Vikas Market in the city, according to the FIR.

Varun Kumar CO, City, Mathura, said: “A video on social media was brought to our notice in which some people can be heard making objectionable comments on the naming of a stall. An FIR has been filed in connection with the case and we are ascertaining identity of the accused.”

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