Mutton shops will remain closed during Navaratri

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Mutton shops of Muslims will remain closed during Navaratri

Posted on 27 September, 2006

Police take notice of complaint by Hindu Rakshak Samiti.

 

Dhule: It has been decided to keep the mutton shops closed during

the Navaratri festival. The shops are right on the road leading to

the famous `Ekveera Devi' temple. Thousands of devotees not only

from Marathwada, Khandesh in Maharashtra but also from Madhya

Pradesh and Gujarat visit the temple. The mutton shops are on the

road leading to the famous temple.

 

In the year 1990, the High Court had issued an order to close down

all these shops but the orders have not been implemented. Every

year, during the Navaratri festival, Municipality issues notices to

the Muslim shopkeepers; but its implementation is totally ignored by

the municipality as well as by the police.

 

Shri. Hiraman Gawali, the President of Hindu Rakshak Samiti (HRS)

observed the shops even this year during Navaratri. He promptly

informed the Superintendent of Police and asked him to take

immediate action to close down the shops. Thereafter, the

Municipality reprimanded the shopkeepers with the help of the Police

department and asked them to close down their shops. HRS has,

however, warned that despite the Court order if the shops are run,

the Committee will not tolerate such contempt of the Court.

 

Source: Daily Sanatan Prabhat