Two Kashmiri youths who sell dry goods in Lucknow claimed that unknown persons threw bags of dry goods worth thousands of rupees into the Gomti river.
Momin, a resident of Srinagar, claimed that he sold dry fruits on Thursday just like he did every day. “First, some police officers arrived and ordered me to leave the area, which I did. In the meantime, a group of men arrived in a car and dumped four bags of dry fruits into the river. A box of Kesar and almonds worth Rs. 55,000 was inside the bag “said Momin.
Adil, another Kashmiri man, claimed that he has been selling dry fruits in Lucknow for the past two months in order to pay his B.com tuition back in Kashmir.
“After a programme, the police ordered us to leave the area, so we were keeping all of our packed goods to one side when some people came and dumped them in the river”, he claimed.
DCP Central, Aparna Rajat Kaushik said, “Gomti Barrage is undergoing development work in the wake of the Global Investors Summit preparations. After that, the LDA staff asked the Kashmiri youths selling dry fruits there to leave. However, the youths persisted, so the LDA staff went back to ask them to leave. An advocate disagreed and got into a fight with the LDA staff in the meantime.”