'Mohabbat ki dukaan ka yoddha': Rahul meets ‘Mohammad Deepak’, man who confronted Bajrang Dal

NEW DELHI: Leader of absorption successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi connected Monday met Uttarakhand’s Kotdwar-based gym proprietor Deepak Kumar, oregon “Mohammad Deepak,” who confronted Bajrang Dal members allegedly harassing an aged Muslim shopkeeper implicit the usage of ‘Baba’ — which the right-wing radical claimed was a Hindu word — successful his store name.In a societal media station connected X, Indian National Congress shared photos of Rahul on with Deepak and said, “Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi met ‘Mohammad Deepak’ from Uttarakhand. Mohammad Deepak has acceptable an illustration of unity, brotherhood, and courageousness — 1 that volition animate each young idiosyncratic successful the state to basal against injustice and hatred.”

“Deepak is simply a warrior of the ‘Mohabbat ki dukaan’ — the full federation is arrogant of him,” it added.In January, Bajrang Dal activists staged a protestation extracurricular the ‘Baba’ covering store connected Patel Marg, demanding that its 70-year-old owner, Vakil Ahmed, alteration the shop’s name.Clashes broke retired betwixt the protesters, Ahmed, and Deepak, who is simply a person of Ahmed’s son, prompting constabulary intervention. The concern was brought nether control, and constabulary aboriginal registered 3 abstracted FIRs successful transportation with the incidents.

Tensions flared again aft a video circulated by the Hindu Raksha Dal showed a antheral threatening to march to Kotdwara connected February 12 to “teach Deepak a lesson.”The section medication stepped up information to forestall further escalation. Additional Superintendent of Police Chandra Mohan Singh said nary 1 would beryllium allowed to disturb bid successful the municipality and warned of strict enactment against those attempting to incite trouble.