Bajrang Dal man held for threatening delivery rider, food policing
: A Bajrang Dal member was arrested for allegedly threatening a Blinkit store manager and harassing a delivery rider over the sale of non-vegetarian items during the holy month of sawan.
Manoj Verma was arrested on Friday after a video circulated on social media showed him and his associates intercepting the delivery rider in Vijay Nagar and intimidating both the customer and staff over meat deliveries.
According to a complaint filed by Mohnish — an assistant manager with Blinkit — Verma and his associates stormed their Siddharth Vihar store around 4pm on July 15. They allegedly abused fleet manager Abhay, demanding an immediate halt to raw chicken deliveries during the holy month when kanwar yatra is in progress.
The group also threatened to shut down the store and harm the staff if they didn't comply.
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The 2.5-minute video that surfaced on social media showed a group of alleged Bajrang Dal members stopping the delivery rider and forcing him to reveal the contents of his delivery package. Upon discovering non-vegetarian items, they berated the rider, saying, "You are a Hindu, and you're doing this. Aren't you ashamed?" The footage also shows the vigilantes coercing the rider to call the customer, lecturing them about consuming non-vegetarian food during sawan.
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They only allowed the delivery to proceed after learning that the customer was a Christian.
The incident mirrors a recent case where members of Hindu Raksha Dal forced a KFC outlet in Vasundhara's Sector 11 to temporarily suspend non-vegetarian services. The restaurant had briefly put up a notice stating "we are serving only veg" before police intervention assured them no such restrictions existed.
ACP Ritesh Tripathi of Kotwali said, "The accused and his associates were booked under sections 351(3) (criminal intimidation) and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of BNS. We are trying to identify the other accused in the case." Verma was produced in court and remanded in judicial custody.
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