The Joshimath Police Station, 45 kms away from Badrinath temple town confirmed the development to OpIndia and said that there are around 100-150 Muslim laborers working in the area who have been asked to gather at Joshimath to celebrate their festival.
An incident from 2014 when PETA was accused of hurting religious sentiments for asking Muslims to go vegetarian on Bakri Eid is going viral on social media.
Uttarakhand high court directed that on Eid al-Adha, slaughtering of animals should be done only in the legally compliant slaughterhouse in the Manglaur municipality in the Haridwar district.