Mussoorie: BJP youth wing, Hindu Jagran Manch shut Kashmiri’s shop over alleged post praising Pakistan Army

Members of Mussoorie BJP youth wing and the Hindu Jagran Manch on Wednesday forcefully shut down a Kashmiri garment trader’s shop over an alleged post praising the Pakistani army, reported Indian Express.

Manzoor Ahmad's shop was shut alleging that he had posted a video appreciating the Pakistan Army on Facebook.

Ahmad (59), one of the five oldest trader families in Mussoorie, is a resident of Hamhama in Kashmir’s Budgam district.

“After getting his (Ahmad’s) shop closed, we and the local traders’ body (the Mussoorie Traders & Welfare Association) went to the police station to file a complaint against him,” said the president of the BJP youth wing in Mussoorie, Dharampal Singh Panwar.

However, police said that Ahmad also went to the police station to file an application about his Facebook account having been hacked. His phone has been seized and submitted to the cyber cell to verify if his account was hacked.

Rajat Aggarwal, president of the traders’ body said, "Local traders’ body in Mussoorie asked for the Kashmiri traders to leave the town by February 28, 2018. However, Ahmad and four other older Kashmiri traders were 'allowed to stay.'