'Thakur' Shoes: UP Police Detain Muslim Vendor But Agra Firm's Been Selling Brand for Decades
The police action follows a complaint lodged by a Bajrang Dal organiser from Bulandshahr, alleging that the seller was promoting communal disharmony.
Screenshot from the video shared on social media.
Communalism06/Jan/2021
New Delhi: A Muslim shopkeeper in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr was detained by the police on Tuesday for selling shoes embossed with the word ‘Thakur’ on the sole with the authorities accusing him of inciting communal hatred.
Thakur is a common Hindu name, normally associated with a so-called ‘upper’ caste.
The shopkeeper, Nasir, was booked after a Sangh parivar activist objected to shoes being branded in this manner.