Islamist target a fruit seller for sporting Bhagwa flag, UP police refuse to bow to their agenda

Even as the country is battling the menace of coronavirus, a surreptitious plan of harassing Hindus for displaying their religious identities is underway by online Islamists. A raft of Meerut police Twitter handles, including the IG Range Meerut, was tagged by the Islamist seeking action to be taken by Meerut Police against the poor fruit-seller. @meerutpolice Kindly look into it — IG RANGE MEERUT May 1, 2020 Soon after IG Range Meerut asked the Meerut Police to intervene, the official account of Meerut Police responded that they have informed the concerned station-in charge of Kankar Khera police station to take necessary action against the aforementioned complaint. उपरोक्त प्रकरण के सम्बन्ध में थाना प्रभारी कंकरखेडा को आवश्यक कार्यवाही हेतु निर्देशित किया गया है । — MEERUT POLICE May 1, 2020 However, shortly afterwards, the Meerut Police responded on the complaint filed by the Islamist by stating that the concerned fruit-seller had the permission of selling goods online and has been asked to follow social distancing norms and lockdown restrictions. उक्त व्यक्ति को लॉकडाउन मे सामान बेचने की अनुमति प्रदान है, सोशल डिस्टेंसिंसग व लॉकडाउन का पालन करने हेतु निर्देशित किया गया है। — MEERUT POLICE May 1, 2020 It is pertinent to note that the complaint filed by the Islamist Tehzeeb TV was regarding the presence of a ‘saffron flag’ on the fruit-seller’s cart and not about the violation of lockdown restrictions by him as clarified by the Meerut Police.