Ahead of Diwali festival, a team of food safety officers in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district confiscated 300 kg of adulterated Mawa (Khoa) being transported from Ahmedabad, Gujarat in the district on Friday morning, a food officer said.
Shah's clarification came in response to a media query about the first first case lodged under the new laws that have come into force beginning from today.
Local administration has warned against spreading fake news on social media. The idol that the viral video claimed had 'appeared' has been shifted to an unknown location.
The police have booked the accused under sections 323, 294, 506, 328, 342 of the Indian Penal code and under sections 147, 355, 270 of the SC/ST Act. The accused persons raised false alarm that victim Dalit boys were harassing some girls from their village.
“A group of members from a minority community bashed two men, blackened their faces, garlanded them with shoes and paraded them in Varkhadi village on Friday,” confirmed Magroni police post in-charge Deepak Sharma. The video of the incident is going viral over the internet.
In the case of stone pelting, cases have been registered against 15 others including Ashfaq s/o Arif Sigad resident of Kaharwadi, and Mohammad Umed s/o Mohammad Ejaz, resident of Chhipa Colony under Sections 353, 332, 147, 148, and 149.