New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh police have detained four people for allegedly selling non-vegetarian food along designated Kanwar pilgrimage routes in Bareilly. Later, a shop was also also demolished by the administration, reported Press Trust of India.

In the first incident, after receiving information on Saturday (August 8) evening that chicken biryani was being sold at a shop near the old Roadways bus stand in Bahedi, the police detained the shopkeepers, who were identified as Salman, a resident of Lodhipur, and Raees.

Officials said that the shop was operating despite an earlier warning. The detaining of the shopkeepers comes at a time when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh has increased police and administrative surveillance on Kanwar routes during the ongoing Sawan month.

The local administration has directed traders not to sell meat, chicken, fish and other non-vegetarian food along designated routes during the pilgrimage and warned of legal action for violations.

Bahedi circle officer Arun Kumar Singh said that later a JCB was brought to the spot and the shop's tin shed and counter were removed.

The police subsequently raided another shop near the bakery area and detained two other persons, reported PTI.

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