‘Karachi Sweets’ Owner Masks Shop Sign After Shiv Sena Leader Visit


By: Express Web Desk |

November 19, 2020 3:13:03 pm





Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaokar with the owner of Karachi Sweets. (Photo: ANI)

The owner of a sweet shop in Mumbai ‘s Bandra West was forced to cover his shop sign with newspaper pages after Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaokar wanted Karachi removed from his name, according to the agency news ANI.

A video of the exchange between the two was captured on camera showing Nandgaokar asking the owner to change the word ‘Karachi’ to ‘something in Marathi’. “You have to, we are giving you time. Change ‘Karachi’ to something in Marathi, ”Nandgaokar is heard saying.

After the incident, the store covered his name with a newspaper.

Karachi Sweets covered his name with a newspaper. (Photo: ANI)

Karachi is the largest city in India’s distant neighbor Pakistan and the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh.

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