The tourists, reportedly belonging to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, were confronted by an angry mob when found smoking hookah on the banks of the Ganges, considered the holiest of Indian rivers. As reported, locals snatched away the hookah and broke it before beating the group of tourists for hurting religious sentiments and making a mockery of the holiness of the Ghat. The locals later handed the men over to the police. On Thursday, some vidharmis of Haryana and Delhi were smoking hookah while taking a bath at Harki Paidi were given some good treatment by devotess & priests, later handed over to the police. pic.twitter.com/X9oONgn1mX — &trade(@V0YAGERTWEETS) July 8, 2021As per Kamlesh Upadhyaya, SP City, Haridwar, “Some tourists were found smoking hookah at Har-ki-Pauri on July 7.

Source: dna July 09, 2021 08:26 UTC