UP: Vendor Shamim arrested after he was caught spitting on vegetables in Bulandshahr, claims he was only chewing gutkha

In Uttar Pradesh, a vegetable vendor was caught spitting on vegetables at a local market in the Anupshahar police station area in Bulandshahr district. A video of the incident surfaced online, after which the police initiated action and arrested the accused on Saturday (14th December). The accused has been booked under the Food Security Act.

Anupshahar Kotwal Rakesh Kumar Singh said that the accused was interrogated by the police. He told them that he eats gutkha and was trying to spit out the particles of betel nut in the gutkha. The accused claimed that someone made the video with ‘wrong’ intentions. Meanwhile, the police said that the matter is being investigated. SSP Shlok Kumar said that further action will be taken in the matter based on the findings of the investigation.

As per reports, the name of the accused is Shamim.

थाना अनूपशहर क्षेत्रान्तर्गत एक व्यक्ति द्वारा सब्जियों पर थुकने तथा अभियुक्त की गिरफ्तारी के सम्बन्ध में क्षेत्राधिकारी अनूपशहर की बाइट।@Uppolice @adgzonemeerut @digrangemeerut pic.twitter.com/u0hfHLaEjO

— Bulandshahr Police (@bulandshahrpol) December 15, 2024

Earlier, on 3^rd December, a video had also gone viral from Chauhalda village of Baghpat. In this incident, two youths were seen spitting repeatedly while making naan.

Similarly, in Ghaziabad, 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 and take the hotel owner and his associate into custody.  The incident 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.

Note: An earlier version of the report mistakenly mentioned Baghpat as the location of the incident. It has been corrected to Anupshahr in Bulandshahr district.