Hyderabad, June 10 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), on Sunday, June 8, shut the gates of the iconic Sarasbaug Garden with a notice restricting the consumption of food within the premises. Notably, Bakrid was celebrated a day earlier on Saturday.

The decision came after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Medha Kulkarni demanded "to save the sanctity and purity" of a Peshwa-era Ganesh temple located in the park. She alleged that Muslim families would celebrate Bakrid by eating meat on the park's premises.

"The temple is a sacred site of pilgrimage for lakhs of Hindus, and Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated annually. It has been observed that people of the Muslim community turn up in large numbers in Sarasbaug Garden and consu...