Shiv Sena forces over 500 Gurgaon meat shops to down shutters for Navratri

Gurgaon police said they would take action against the Shiv Sena workers if any complaints were filed

Over 500 meat and chicken shops here were on Thursday allegedly shut down by Shiv Sena workers for Navratri festival.

"We have served notices to every meat and chicken shop. This time we have not served notices to restaurants, such as KFC and other food chains which serve chicken in their restaurants as it is not seen openly.

One will have to face consequences in case he does not follow instructions," general secretary and spokesperson of Shiv Sena Gurgaon wing Ritu Raj told PTI.

The sainiks also served notices to owners of non-vegetarian food outlets, asking them to close down their shops till the nine-day Navratra is over.

The Shiv Sena workers assembled at Palam Vihar and forced shutdown of meat markets in Surat Nagar, Ashok Vihar, Sector 5 and 9, Pataudi Chowk, Jacobpura, Sadar Bazaar, Khandsa Anaj Mandi, bus stand, DLF area, Sohna and Sector 14 market.

"We had on Tuesday served a memorandum to Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh demanding shutting down of raw meat shops for the next 9 days in view of Navratras but the district administration did not direct the meat shop owners to shut down," Raj said.

A senior police officer told PTI, "We are looking into the matter and no one is authorised to take law into his own hands. If the shops were forcefully shut down by the workers of Shiv Sena, we will take strict against them and are waiting for the complaint to be registered in this regard.