Dharwad: Miscreants vandalize watermelon pushcarts of Muslim traders outside temple

Team Udayavani, Apr 10, 2022, 9:32 AM IST

Dharwad: A video of a group of men assaulting and harassing Muslim fruit sellers outside of the Hanuman temple has gone viral on social media platforms.

The incident took place just a few days after several Hindu outfits in the state planned to end the monopoly of Muslim fruit vendors in Karnataka.

The video clip being circulated on Twitter and other social media platforms show a group of miscreants who reportedly belong to Hindu outfits wearing saffron scarves harassing and destroying the carts of Muslim fruit vendors who were selling watermelons outside the Hanuman temple.

The video also shows fruits thrown on the road and the vendor’s carts being destroyed.

Muslim push cart vendors targeted outside Hanuman Temple in Dharwad. Sri Ram Sene members vandalize & destroy watermelon & other fruits.Ram Sene says #Muslim vendors shouldn’t do business outside temples. Cops present at the location did nothing to stop the vandalism #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/gu0pCjt0lj

— Harish Upadhya (@harishupadhya) April 9, 2022

Soon after the video was uploaded, many Twitter users slammed the vandals and criticized them for spreading hate.

Reacting to the incident, former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy tweeted against the vandalism.

In a series of tweets he wrote, “There is no difference between the bloodshed terrorists in Kashmir and these savages who are harboring peace and harmony.”

He urged the Karnataka government to take action against the perpetrators.

ಧಾರವಾಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ನುಗ್ಗೆಕೇರಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಆಂಜನೇಯ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನದ ಮುಂಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಮಭಕ್ತರ ಸೋಗಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿದ್ದ ದುಷ್ಕರ್ಮಿಗಳು ಮು‌ಸ್ಲಿಮರ ಅಂಗಡಿಗಳನ್ನು ನಾಶಪಡಿಸಿ, ಅವರು ಮಾರಾಟಕ್ಕೆ ಇಟ್ಟಿದ್ದ ಕಲ್ಲಂಗಡಿ ಹಣ್ಣುಗಳನ್ನು ಹಾಳು ಮಾಡಿರುವುದು ಹೇಯ & ಪರಮ ಕಿರಾತಕ ಕೃತ್ಯ. 1/6 pic.twitter.com/kCRMBzRlXb

— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) April 9, 2022