Uttarakhand: Barber shop forcefully shut down, accused of 'love jihad'

Uttarakhand: Barber shop forcefully shut down, accused of 'love jihad'

A Muslim-owned unisex salon in Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh was forced to close before its official opening after a Hindutva organisation, Hindu Shakti Sangathan, accused it of “center of immoral activity.” The incident occurred on Tilak Road on Thursday, September 30. The right-wing members raised communal slogans and demanded that all unisex salons across the state should be shut down. Its president, Raghvendra Bhatanagar, accused Muslim barbers of…