00:00I want to turn to tonight's Get Real India story and this comes from Kotwar in Uttarakhand,
00:05a state which is witnessing several instances of Kashmiris and Kashmiri Muslims in particular
00:12being targeted. Now the latest incident, 10 scenes in this town after Bajrang Dal workers
00:19targeted a school uniform shop over its name, demanding that Baba be removed from the name.
00:26Remember, this is a shop run by a local Muslim. Interestingly, some of the other locals,
00:32including a gym trainer, Deepak Kumar, intervened and tried to stop the Bajrang Dal workers.
00:38Unfortunately, the police has gone ahead and actually filed fires even against Deepak.
00:46Heavy security has been deployed now to prevent further unrest. What began as a local dispute
00:52is now threatening years of communal harmony in this town. I leave you with this story
00:58with a reminder that this country's greatest strength, I repeat, is its religious diversity.
01:04If we don't protect communal harmony in this country, the idea of India will always remain
01:11in danger. Take a look at what's happened in Uttarakhand and think about it tonight. Namaskar.
01:22Unsavory scenes in Coat Duvar in Uttarakhand.
01:44On January 26th, a group of Bajrang Dal workers entered a school uniform shop and intimidated
01:53the 70-year-old shopkeeper, Vakil Ahmed. They demanded the owner drop Baba from the shop's
01:59name, claiming it signified a Hindu deity.
02:02Deepak Kumar, who runs a gym in the area, and his friend came to the shopkeeper's aid and
02:14confronted the right-wing activists.
02:16The point of the time was on the same page.
02:19I am an Indian city, and I have two friends that came to the shopkeeper.
02:25My husband, he had the house and his husband and his wife, and his wife, and his husband
02:29gave the house. At that time, I was again, I didn't even know a kid, I was 4-5 boys.
02:32I stayed with 4-5 boys. So, I gave a house for 3-4 hours, and he did the house for
02:37his wife and his husband, and he did the house.
02:39The day the spat happened, when asked to identify himself,
03:07Deepak had responded defiantly.
03:37Incidentally, the board outside the shop mentions the name of the owner, but that did not satisfy Bajrang Dal workers.
03:44After the incident on Republic Day, Bajrang Dal held protests outside Deepak's gym. The outfit defended its workers' actions.
03:59After the incident on Republic Day, Bajrang Dal held protests outside Deepak's gym.
04:06The outfit defended its workers' actions.
04:13The police filed multiple afayas based on police officers.
04:20The police filed multiple afayas based on complaints.
04:27The police filed multiple afayas based on complaints.
04:42The police filed multiple afayas based on police officers.
04:49There is heavy police presence in the area to ensure peace.
05:04But years of communal harmony has been disturbed by one incident of hate.
05:19With Ankish Sharma, Bureau Report, India Today.
05:26Such a huge mob came to attack Deepak Kumar and he could not have been saved.
05:34And after that, police is claiming that soon they will take the action and the culprits will be nabbed.
05:41This is Ankish Sharma with Vikas Verma for India Today for Dwar.
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