In the Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, an incident of alleged spitting on food has been reported wherein a minor Muslim boy working at a hotel was allegedly spitting on rotis while making it at a hotel. The CCTV footage of the incident went viral online prompting the police to initiate action. The police have taken the hotel owner into custody.
@vraman16 A new video alleging #Thook_Jihad has gone viral, reportedly from Naz Hotel in the Sikri Chowki area under Modinagar police station in #Ghaziabad@BattaKashmiri pic.twitter.com/qkB4BrhRgP
— Sanjiv K Pundir (@k_pundir) December 12, 2024
The incident reportedly unfolded in the Modinagar Police Station area when a person named Prakash Singh went to the same hotel with his friend and noticed the accused spitting on the rotis. To prove this, he made a video of the worker. When he complained about this act to the hotel owner, the hotel owner, Anuj, and his associate Abid attacked Prakash and his friend.
Subsequently, Prakash Singh lodged a complaint at Modinagar police station. The police started investigating the matter and took the hotel owner Anuj into custody. During interrogation, it was found that Anuj had hired the minor Muslim youth, a resident of Baghpat, as a worker a few days ago. Reports say that the accused has been absconding since the incident and the police have deployed several teams to nab the accused.
Modinagar Additional Police Commissioner Gyan Prakash Rai said that the hotel owner and his associate have been arrested. He further said that legal action is being taken against the minor under the Juvenile Justice Act. At the same time, a case has been registered against the accused hotel owners under Section 275 (sale of harmful food or drink) and 131 (use of criminal force) of the Indian Penal Code. The police added that action will be taken under the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act.
