Biryani sold in plates featuring Bhagwan Ram’s pictures in Jahangirpuri; owner booked following outrage
An incident surfaced on Saturday afternoon where a biryani vendor in northwest Delhi‘s Jahangirpuri was found serving chicken biryani on disposable plates with images of Shri Ram printed over it.
The incident came to light when local Hindu groups noticed the plates featuring the revered deity’s likeness at the biryani shop.
People protested over the matter after which police reached the spot and controlled the situation after assuring a thorough probe into the issue.
Police said that they recovered plates with Lord Ram’s image on it from the vendor’s shop.
A senior police official said that the shopkeeper was detained soon after they received the information. “He was booked under Section of 107/151 (preventive detention) CrPC and later allowed to go,” said the official.
“Two plates with Shri Ram’s photo printed on it were found at a biryani shop. During the probe, it was revealed that the shopkeeper had bought 1,000 disposable plates from a factory and only four of them had a Shri Ram’s picture on it. This was also verified with the factory owner” said the police official.
A video showing Shri Ram’s images on the disposable plates went viral on social media and a crowd gathered near the shop on Saturday. The locals confronted the vendor, observing people being served biryani on these plates, only to see them discarded later.
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One plate or half a plate can we allow that to happen with other religions?