{"id":1787,"date":"2026-02-23T14:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:05:32","slug":"what-happened-between-bajrang-dal-and-muslim-shop-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/what-happened-between-bajrang-dal-and-muslim-shop-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened Between Bajrang Dal and Muslim Shop Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"consumption-feed-content-AA1WT9YT\" class=\"consumption-feed-content \" data-content-id=\"AA1WT9YT\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-ttvr-marker\" style=\"position: absolute;\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<article class=\"article-reader-container\" style=\"--article-reader-bg-color: #FFFFFF; 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to support a shop of his friend&#8217;s father and took on Bajrang Dal activists, met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The gym trainer and owner said that the Congress leader would come to Uttarakhand&#8217;s Kotdwar and join his gym. Deepak had earlier said that his business was impacted when he identified himself as &#8216;Mohammad&#8217; for taking on Bajrang Dal activists who were allegedly harassing a Muslim shopkeeper for keeping his shop name as Baba.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intra-article-module\" style=\"position: relative; z-index: 97; width: 768px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;intraArticle&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13}\">\n<div class=\"articlePageIntraArticleFullWidth ad-slot-placeholder left-image-intra-ad full-bleed-image-intra-ad intra-ad-rm-bg intra-ad-rm-h\" style=\"height: unset; max-height: unset; background: none; padding: 0px 2px; margin-bottom: 32px; margin-top: 32px; border-radius: 12px;\" data-ad-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"left-image-intra-ad full-bleed-image-intra-ad\">\n<div class=\"responsive-views-ad-container\">\n<div class=\"root\" style=\"border-radius: 12px; box-sizing: border-box; contain: content; content-visibility: auto; height: inherit; padding: 0px; width: inherit; border-color: #242424; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; border-image: none 100% \/ 1 \/ 0 stretch; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box #ffffff;\">\n<div class=\"content-card-container\" style=\"align-items: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: row; gap: 0px; height: 144px; width: 764px;\">\n<div class=\"card-actions-button-container\" style=\"align-items: center; align-self: end; display: flex; gap: 4px; justify-content: center; margin-inline: calc(8px); position: absolute; top: calc(8px);\"><button class=\"card-actions-button\" style=\"--card-actions-button-size: 32px; align-items: center; background-color: #ffffff; border-radius: 10000px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #d1d1d1; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; display: flex; fill: #242424; font-family: inherit; height: 32px; justify-content: center; min-width: 32px; opacity: 0; outline: none; transition: 0.1s; width: 32px; z-index: calc(3);\" title=\"See more\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;NativeAdSeeMore&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:11,&quot;b&quot;:12,&quot;ext&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:764,&quot;height&quot;:146,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;inarticle&quot;,&quot;partnerTagId&quot;:&quot;winar-inarticle-1&quot;}}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.msn.com\/staticsb\/statics\/\/latest\/fluent-icons\/more_horizontal_20_regular.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"popover-feed-card-slot\" class=\"popover-slot\" style=\"border: 0px; color: inherit; padding: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"article-sub-heading\" style=\"font-size: 28px; margin-top: 32px; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 36px; position: relative; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">What Rahul Gandhi Said After Meeting &#8216;Mohammad Deepak&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 16px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Congress leader Vaibhav Walia, the gym owner Deepak Kumar and his friend Vijay Rawat, along with several others, were present at the meeting, which took place at the 10, Janpanth residence of Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi. Deepak also met Sonia Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 16px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">&#8220;Every human being is equal. This is Indianness, this is &#8216;mohabbat ki dukaan&#8217;. Meeting with brother Mohammad Deepak from Uttarakhand &#8211; This same flame of unity and courage should burn in every Indian youth,&#8221; Rahul Gandhi, who also spoke with Deepak&#8217;s wife over the phone, said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 16px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">After the meeting, Kumar told reporters, &#8220;Rahul ji invited me. He introduced me to Sonia ji and also spoke with my wife over the phone. 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We hope that love will prevail and hatred will lose in Uttarakhand and the entire country,&#8221; Walia said.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-sub-heading\" style=\"font-size: 28px; margin-top: 32px; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 36px; position: relative; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px;\">What Happened Between Bajrang Dal and Muslim Shop Owner<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 16px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">On January 26, Bajrang Dal activists protested outside the &#8216;Baba&#8217; clothing store on Patel Marg in Kotdwar to pressure its 70-year-old owner, Vakil Ahmed, to change the name of the shop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 16px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">During the protest, clashes broke out between the activists, shop owner Vakil Ahmed and his son&#8217;s friend Deepak Kumar, after which Kumar, identifying himself as Mohammad Deepak, forced the protesters to retreat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 16px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">On January 31, a larger group of activists again gathered outside Ahmed&#8217;s shop and Kumar&#8217;s gym, blocked the road and shouted slogans. 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Local authorities have maintained a strict vigil to prevent any flare-up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 16px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Kumar, the 42-year-old owner of The &#8216;Hulk&#8217; gym in Uttarakhand&#8217;s Kotdwara, had earlier said his business has collapsed since he confronted Bajrang Dal activists. He had said the ongoing tension has made his livelihood a casualty of the dispute.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 16px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Following the incident, Gandhi had expressed support for Kumar and alleged that the Sangh Parivar is deliberately poisoning the economy and the society to keep India divided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 16px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha had said that Deepak is a hero of India as he is fighting for the Constitution and humanity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 16px;\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\"><strong><em>With inputs from PTI<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"consumption-feed-content-AA1WSzls\" class=\"consumption-feed-content consumptionFeed_nextArticle\" style=\"border-top: 1px solid #e2e2e2; scroll-snap-align: start; scroll-snap-stop: always;\" data-content-id=\"AA1WSzls\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 rahul gandhi meets mohammad deepak tells him he will take his gym membership dehradun bajrang dal muslim shopkeeper row Dehradun resident Deepak Kumar, who identified himself as &#8216;Mohammad Deepak&#8217; to support a shop of his friend&#8217;s father and took on Bajrang Dal activists, met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. 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