Juice mixed with urine ‘served' to Kanwariyas, 2 held in UP
The accused, identified as Zeeshan and Mahtab, were operating a juice shop at Sihani Chungi on the Delhi-Meerut Highway, a key route for the annual Kanwar Yatra.
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