Uttarakhand: 3 cases filed after Bajrang Dal protests over shop name in Kotdwar

KOTDWAR: (Feb 2) Police have registered three cases following a controversy that erupted after Bajrang Dal protested against a shop being named "Baba" by a person from a particular community here, officials said.

Police issued a strict warning on Sunday against anybody trying to disturb the communal harmony in the area.

The dispute started when Bajrang Dal workers raised objections to the name of "Baba Dress," a shop owned by Mohammad Shoaib in Kotdwar. They alleged that the name could cause confusion with "Siddhbali Baba," a famous Hanuman temple in Kotdwar, and demanded that the shop owner change it, police said.