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Meat, hijab and loudspeakers: tensions

rise in society amid bans by govt & courts

Police probes the authenticity of a video in which Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahiri praised

the girl who confronted a mob which heckled her for wearing hijab

OUR BUREAU But taking suo moto cogni-
zance of the meat ban order during
New Delhi/Bengaluru
Navratri, Delhi Minorities Commis-
he meat shops in areas under sion on Thursday sent notice to the
East Delhi Municipal Cor- Mayors and Commissioners of three
Tporation (EDMC) will re- municipal corporations of Delhi.
main closed on the last three days of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP
Navratri, that is, on Saptami (seventh Mahua Moitra on Wednesday hit out
day), Ashtami (eighth day) and Na- at the South Delhi Municipal Cor-
vami (ninth day), said EDMC Mayor poration (SDMC) for the closure of
Shyam Sunder Aggarwal on Tuesday. meat shops during the nine-day peri-
od of the Navaratri festival and said
the mayor further said that as that the Constitution allows her to
eat meat and shopkeeper the free-
per the rules of the Municipal dom to run his trade.
corporation of Delhi (McD),
the meat shops in Delhi remain Meanwhile down south, Ben-

closed on saptami, ashtami galuru Police on thursday is-
Meat shops partially closed after South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) orders the clo-
and navami. “all the meat that sure of meat shops during the nine-day period of the Navaratri festival that is being observed sued notices to 301 mosques,
is sold on these days is sold from April 2 to April 11, at INA Market, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) temples, churches, and other
directly through the slaughter- establishments to use their

houses as no illegal slaughter- loudspeakers within the per-
ing can take place in shops. missible decibel levels, said
a slaughterhouse in ghazipur Kamal pant, commissioner of
will be made to close on these Police, Bengaluru on thursday.

three days,” he added. Of the 301 notices served, 59
have been given to pubs, bars and
restaurants, 12 to industries, 83 to
Aggarwal also informed that
a meeting regarding this has been temples, 22 to churches and 125 to
mosques across the city. The move
called to ensure strict adherence to comes after some right-wing activ-
these rules. “We have made 16 teams ists demanded the shutting down of
for 16 legislative areas in EDMC. loudspeakers which is violating the
Those who open meat shops during noise pollution rules. In this regard,
these days will be penalized and they also met commissioners and
their licenses will also be cancelled. other police officers across the state.
If need be, the shops will be sealed Maulana Maqsood Imran Rashi-
too,” he said. di (Imam Jamia Masjid City Market)
The mayor said that there are
two types of meat -- Jhatka and Ha- told ANI that they have received a
notice from the police department
lal, adding that Jhatka meat shops
are already closed and now they have
appealed to Halal meat shops also to < A woman walks past the Karnataka High
follow the same. Notably, the nine- Court following the verdict of the Hijab issue,
day Navaratri festival is being ob- in Bengaluru (ANI Photo)
served from April 2 to April 11, with
Saptami, Ashtami and Navami fall-
ing on April 9, 10 and 11 respectively. Continued at next page... >>

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