Members of the Hindutva group Bajrang Dal purportedly barged into a footwear showroom in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun recently and wrote “jihadi” on the name tags of two Muslim employees, alleging that Hindu workers at the outlet had been harassed, The Times of India reported on Sunday.
The purported incident reportedly took place on Thursday. A video of it started circulating on social media on Saturday.
In the video, Bajrang Dal members could be seen confronting Muslim employees at the showroom and snatching their name tags to write “jihadi” on them.
The Bajrang Dal is part of a group of Hindutva organisations led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the parent organisation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Vikas Verma, convenor of the Hindutva group in Uttarakhand, had led the confrontation. He claimed that the group acted on a complaint alleging harassment of Hindu workers by the manager and co-manager of the showroom, PTI reported.
“The two Muslim managers were targeting Hindu employees by making them work overtime for four hours without paying any extra money,” the news agency quoted Verma as claiming. “They also falsely accused them of theft to cut their salaries.”
Verma claimed that the group did not report the matter to the police, as the authorities had not acted on similar problems raised by them in the past.
Superintendent of Police (City) Pramod Kumar told the news agency that no complaint has been received in the matter yet. “We will take action if anyone approaches the police,” he added.
Edited by Sneha.
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