Four detained in UP's Bareilly as police raid shops selling non-veg food on Kanwar Yatra route
This came after authorities had directed traders not to sell meat, chicken, fish and other non-vegetarian food along the routes to be travelled by Kanwariyas.
Four individuals were apprehended in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly following a police operation targeting two shops selling non-vegetarian food along a designated Kanwar Yatra route. This enforcement action followed authorities' directives to prohibit the sale of meat, chicken, fish, and other non-vegetarian products along the Kanwar pilgrimage routes.
The police had previously warned of legal consequences for any breaches of these orders. The raids occurred as heightened police and administrative scrutiny intensified along Kanwar routes during the ongoing Sawan month. Information about one shop selling chicken biryani near the old Roadways bus stand in Bareilly's Bahedi area led to the initial police raid on Saturday evening.
Both shopkeepers, Salman and Raees, were subsequently detained, with their shop subsequently dismantled by a JCB machine. Another raid targeted a shop near a bakery, resulting in the arrest of two additional individuals. Authorities emphasized that warnings had been issued to these traders earlier to cease the sale of non-vegetarian food during the Kanwar pilgrimage, but they continued operations.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi had also launched a crackdown on unauthorized meat shops along Kanwar routes and near 308 Kanwar camps in June, with the first day of Shravana month marking the official launch of the Kanwar Camps.
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