Uttarakhand: 2 Men Caught on Camera ‘Spitting’ on Rotis at Uttarayan Fair in Bageshwar, Arrested After Video Goes Viral
Pithoragarh, January 19: Two men from Uttar Pradesh were arrested for allegedly spitting on rotis they were making at a food stall set up at the Uttarayan Fair underway in Bageshwar, police on Sunday said. Bageshwar Superintendent of Police Chandrashekhar Ghodke said the two were nabbed in the wake of a video surfacing on social media, capturing the act at Numaish Khet Maidan.
The accused, identified as Aamir, 30, and Firasat, 25, were sent to Almora Jail, he said. “The video clip of two youths spitting on rotis being served to the devotees who came to take a bath at the Uttarayan fair in Bageshwar was confirmed after it came on social media,” the SP said. Ghaziabad: Eatery Worker Caught on Camera Spitting in Customer’s Roti in Uttar Pradesh, Arrested After Video Goes Viral.
2 Men Caught on Camera ‘Spitting’ on Rotis at Uttarayan Fair
🚨Outrageous! Another food-spitting incident.
Expected names— Aamir & Firasat, spotted spitting on rotis in Bageshwar Uttarayni Mela. Arrested after video went viral.
They cry over shop ban at such social & religious occasions but never explains motive behind food-spitting! pic.twitter.com/A70ES0wn2a
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) January 18, 2025
Bageshwar District Magistrate Ashish Bhatgai said the incident took place on January 17. He said, “In view of the possibility of the law and order situation deteriorating in the district, we took immediate action and the accused were arrested.” Man Caught on Camera Spitting on Rotis Before Putting It in Tandoor at Wedding in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, Arrested (Watch Video).
The SP said that the shop where the incident took place has been shut.
Bageshwar Food Safety Officer Lalit Mohan Pandey said the two would be booked under sections of the Food Safety Act on Monday.
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