Tense scenes in Hammersmith tonight as protesters gathered outside SinghтАЩs Dining, the restaurant owned by Harman Kapoor, after a week of viral videos once again.
Footage shows a crowd of around 25 to 30 people chanting outside, with Met Police officers guarding the entrance. A second clip shows officers arresting a protester who refused to get up off the pavement.
It follows a video shared earlier this week that appeared to show Kapoor in a roadside altercation with a delivery rider. He says he was the one being threatened, and in a statement today said he has asked the Met to protect his family and business. Footage has also circulated of him being led to a police car, but police havenтАЩt publicly confirmed an arrest.
People online disagree about what sparked tonightтАЩs protest, and police havenтАЩt said why the protester was arrested. WeтАЩll update this if the Met shares more.
Please keep comments respectful: no threats, no abuse, and no blaming whole communities.
ЁЯУН Hammersmith
ЁЯЧУя╕П Friday 13 November, evening
ЁЯОе @zonjy__ @faridqureshi_uk@murtazaviews
#Hammersmith #Fulham #WestLondon #London
URGENT PUBLIC STATEMENT тАУ HARMAN SINGH KAPOOR
For days, I have been desperately asking the Metropolitan Police for help, protection and assurances regarding the safety of my family and our business.
Despite repeatedly contacting the Met Police and raising serious concerns, I was arrested at my own home this morning and am now in police custody.
What makes this situation even more frightening is that I am in handcuffs while my family is left outside, facing serious safety concerns on the day of the planned protest.
This protest is not simply about our business selling non-halal food. It is also about the harassment, intimidation and threats of violence that my family and I say we have been experiencing.
We have been asking for protection because we fear for our familyтАЩs safety. We want to live peacefully, run our business and exercise our rights without fear of being targeted, harassed or harmed.
I find it deeply distressing that, after days of asking the Metropolitan Police for protection, I have been arrested while my family remains worried about their safety.
Who is protecting my family while I am in police custody?
I am calling for:
Immediate protection for my family.
A proper response to our reports of harassment and intimidation.
Protection for our business and staff.
Transparency and accountability from the Metropolitan Police.
No family should have to live in fear. No one should face intimidation or threats because of the food their business chooses to sell.
We are asking for safety, justice, equality and the right to live and work peacefully. Our familyтАЩs safety must come first.
LetтАЩs stand together for justice, freedom, equality and a safer Britain. LETтАЩS MAKE BRITAIN GREAT AGAIN! ЁЯЗмЁЯЗз
тАФ Harman Singh Kapoor
ЁЯЪиBREAKING: Islamists have gathered outside SinghтАЩs Dining in London, an Indian-owned restaurant that does not serve halal meat.
A sign outside the premises reads тАЬproudly non-halalтАЭ sign.
They are threatening to burn his shop down, r@pe his family members and kill him.
London has fallen.
Attempts to disrupt Hindu festivals continue. On Diwali morning, ( Gau man's ) was found dumped inside Maharishi Valmiki Temple in Malad, Gudiya Pada, Mumbai.
Last year, eggs were thrown at the same temple, but no concrete action has followed. Even after 24+ hours of informing Malad Police, no FIR has been registered.
We urge @MumbaiPolice to register an FIR immediately and take strict legal action.
Hindu Samaj appeals for peaceful, lawful action.
@CPMumbaiPolice@DGPMaharashtra@Dev_Fadnavis@AmitShah
The incident that took place at the Ram Mandir in Aarey Colony is highly condemnable.
This evening, some anti-social elements entered the Ram Mandir in Aarey Colony under the pretext of performing 'aarti'. They tore up photographs and banners of Lord Hanuman and smeared soot on a board displayed within the temple premises.
'Sakal Hindu Samaj' urges the @MumbaiPolice administration to treat this incident with the utmost seriousness, identify the culprits, and take the strictest possible legal action against them.
Furthermore, the administration must ensure that this incident does not lead to any tension between different communities, and that peace, law, and order are maintained in the area.
@DGPMaharashtra@Dev_Fadnavis
A minor #Hindu girl abducted from her home in #Pakistan, raped, forcibly converted to Islam, and married off to her abductor.
Another child stripped of her freedom while the system looks away.
via-@FarazPervaiz3
The only Hindu family in a Muslim-majority Mohalla were attacked inside their home. Armed Muslim men assaulted them, threatened to kill them and demolished their makeshift shelter. The family had lived there for 40 to 45 years. Their blind son said Muslim neighbours had repeatedly told them to leave.
Journalist: WhatтАЩs your name?
Protester: Shabiya.
Journalist: Why are you here?
Protester: Humein isteefa chahiye.
Journalist: Whose resignation?
Protester: Gyanesh KumarтАЩs.
Journalist: Why do you want his resignation?
Protester: Woh toh humein nahi pata. ЁЯдб
Journalist: Who brought you here?
Protester: Meri Mausi.
Journalist: What did she say to get you here?
Protester: She said, тАЬChalo, isteefa dilwana hai. Aur тВ╣300 bhi milenge!тАЭ ЁЯШ╣ЁЯШ╣
This is the ground reality of CongressтАЩs тАШVote Bachao YatraтАЩ!ЁЯдбЁЯШ╣
A young Hindu woman from an extremely poor family was taken to a South Indian state, fed beef and converted to Islam. Devdutta Maji and his organisation SinghaBahini have now rescued her and arranged for her rehabilitation, helping her rebuild her life with dignity and security.
Suhana, who married a Hindu youth, is now living in fear as her father Mohd Usman has allegedly formed a gang to kill them both.
They are on the radar for honour killing.
@bulandshahrpol@Uppolice@myogioffice necessary security requested ЁЯЩП