Dehradun, March 20 -- Fear and uncertainty has gripped shopkeepers in an Uttarakhand town after a traders' union cancelled registrations of 91 shopkeepers - most of them from Muslim community - belonging from other states and telling them to close their shops and leave.
Tensions rose in Dharchula town of Pithoragarh district in February a couple of men from Uttar Pradesh were arrested for allegedly abducting two local minor girls on the pretext of marriage. The girls were also rescued.
The accused were charged under Indian Penal Code Sections of 363 (kidnapping), 376 (sexual assault), 354 (use of criminal force to outrage modesty of woman) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
As protests continued, Dharchula Vyapar Sa...