New Delhi, August 29, 2021 (PPI-OT):A group of Hindu extremists have assaulted a Dosa vendor in Indian state, Utter Pradesh. A video surfaced on the internet and started doing rounds on social media have taken note of the matter in Mathura of the Indian state, Uttar Pradesh.

Mathura Police said on Twitter that the incident took place on August 18. This is the second such incident in Mathura with a gap of one day. On August 19, another video had surfaced in which a Muslim biryani vendor was shown being threatened.

The Public Relations Officer of the Superintendent of Police Mathura told media men that the Dosa cart is owned by a person named Raul and the accused misbehaved with the vendor under the influence of alcohol. The video was first posted live on Facebook by certain Devraj Pandit who is heard asking the vendor to name his food stall after Allah and not after Hindu gods. “All Hindu brothers will come to this stall thinking this stall is run by a Hindu, he tells the vendor in an intimidating tone.

The group vandalises the cart of the vendor as they shout slogans laced with Hindutva ideology: “Krishna bhakt ab yudh karo, Mathura ko bhi shudh karo (Devotees of Krishna wage war, help purify Mathura).”

The mob accuses the vendor of indulging in ‘economic Jihad’ a conspiracy theory peddled by Hindu extremists claiming that Muslims do business in Hindu areas while denying Hindus the same opportunity. “Hindus don’t get employed because of people like him,” Devraj says in the video.

Pandit had also posted another video on August 19 where he is seen warning a Muslim biryani vendor to remove his cart from the spot near a temple in Mathura. The caption of the video is full of abuses and hate towards Muslims.

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