A street food vendor has been arrested in Ghaziabad’s Loni after a woman alleged that she was abused and threatened when she confronted the seller on finding a bone in the vegetable biryani she had purchased from him.
Rashid alias Rahul (28), a resident of the 100-foot road near Neelam Factory, was arrested on December 24.
Police said the incident took place a day earlier near the 80-Foot road, close to Neelam Factory.
The woman, Tannu Sharma, had got two plates of vegetable biryani packed from a roadside stall, RK Biryani. While eating at home, she allegedly found a piece of bone in the biryani.
Following this, she returned to the stall along with her husband to confront the vendor.
In her statement to police, the woman said that when she confronted the vendor, he abused her and threatened to kill her.
A video of the incident, which has gone viral on social media, shows the couple handing over the biryani to the shopkeeper, saying, “Veg biryani mein haddi mili hai (there is a bone in the veg biryani).”
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The shopkeeper is seen opening the disposable paper box and responding, “I have made a mistake.”
To this, the husband replies, “How can you make such a huge mistake?”
As the argument continued, several people gathered at the spot, with some of them seen hurling abuses at the vendor.
An FIR was lodged into the matter the next day at Loni Border police station.
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“Based on the complaint filed by the woman, the accused was booked for abusing her, criminal intimidation and selling adulterated food,” said ACP Ankur Vihar Gyan Prakash Rai.
“During questioning, the accused denied the presence of any bone in the food. The food sample has been sent for testing, and further legal action will be taken based on the report,” he added.