Indian e-Commerce Site Allegedly Advertises Hindus’ Sacred Rocks, Leaving People Outraged
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The boss of an e-commerce site IndiaMART has been booked for “wrongful gains after a local BJP employee alleged that it is removing rocks from a hill considered sacred among Hindus. Legend has it Lord Krishna had lifted the hill in ancient times to protect the villagers of Mathura from heavy rain caused by the God Indra’s anger.
The outrage surrounding the arrest of the chief executive of a popular Indian e-Commerce site, IndiaMART, has grown as many people have been horrified to discover that the site allegedly put up for sale pieces of rock from highly revered Govardhan Hill, in India’s Uttar Pradesh state.
Three men, including the CEO of an e-commerce site, were booked on Sunday for allegedly putting up for sale online of rocks taken from the Govardhan Hill here, police said. Govardhan Hill in Mathura is considered a sacred site for Hindus as it is the setting for many legends relating to the life of Lord Krishna who is believed to be embodied in the earth of the hill. Stern action would be taken against the company, its CEO, and the supplier for inciting religious feelings by misusing the facility of information technology, SP (Rural) Shirish Chandra said. He said an FIR has been filed under Section 265 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66 of the Information Technology Act against IndiaMART founder-CEO Dinesh Agarwal, co-founder Brajesh Agrawal and Mathura-based supplier Ankur Agrawal.
Updated Feb 08, 2021 | 16:09 IST
A large number of agitated local residents and saints reached the Govardhan police station in UP s Mathura and filed a complaint against officials of the web portal. Govardhan Shila on sale; FIR lodged | Photo Credit: IANS
Mathura: The Mathura police have registered an FIR against three persons, including the founder and CEO of an Indian e-commerce company IndiaMART, for allegedly selling sacred Govardhan Shila (stone) as a product on their website.
Circle office Govardhan, Ravikant Parashar told reporters that the FIR has been registered under sections 295 (destruction, damage, or defiling any place of worship held sacred by any class of persons with the intention of thereby insulting the religion of any class of persons) of IPC and section 66D of the IT Act against three persons.
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Mathura: Three men, including the CEO of an e-commerce site, have been booked for allegedly putting up for sale online of rocks taken from the Govardhan Hill here, police said.
Govardhan Hill in Mathura is considered a sacred site for Hindus as it is the setting for many legends relating to the life of Lord Krishna who is believed to be embodied in the earth of the hill. Stern action would be taken against the company, its CEO, and the supplier for inciting religious feelings by misusing the facility of information technology, SP (Rural) Shirish Chandra said.
He said an FIR has been filed under Section 265 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66 of the Information Technology Act against IndiaMART founder-CEO Dinesh Agarwal, co-founder Brajesh Agrawal and Mathura-based supplier Ankur Agrawal.