Uttar Pradesh: Dhaba Cook Caught On Camera Spitting On Dough While Making Rotis, Outlet Owner Arrested

While the ongoing Covid-19 cases are on the rise, a new video has emerged which will scare and shock you to the very core. In this video, a cook at a roadside eatery in Kakori on the outskirts of Lucknow has been caught on camera spitting on the dough for making 'rotis' (flat bread).

After the 22-second video got viral on social media, the cook who spat on the dough along with his five helpers ¡ª Danish, Hafiz, Mukhtar, Firoz, and Anwar were arrested by the police. The other five were a part of the video and were looking at the accused doing the disgusting deed.

#Lucknow A cook along with five others was arrested from Kakori area after a video showing him spitting on food went viral. pic.twitter.com/aEaZhlmMYa

¡ª Adeeb Walter (@WalterAdeeb) January 11, 2022

According to The Times Of India, the accused have been booked under the Epidemic Act along with charges of the negligent act likely to spread disease or infection and malignant act done to spread the infection. Assistant commissioner of police, Kakori, Ashutosh Kumar told TOI that the dhaba owner Yakub has also been arrested along with the cook.

People on the internet were furious after watching the video and many suggested strict punishment for the said accused.

Disgusting ?

¡ª shfltg99 (@Delete_RHood) January 11, 2022

Aall over the same do not eat anything from them

¡ª skywalker (@prat59) January 12, 2022

The video has been shot from a distance and it is not clear whether the cook is really spitting or not. The police will seek technical assistance to ascertain the charge.

This video emerges days after renowned hairdresser Jawed Habib stirred controversy when he spitted on a woman's head during a training seminar in Uttar Pradesh¡¯s Muzaffarnagar. Even though he apologised for his actions, the hairdresser was booked by the UP police under the Epidemic act and for assault and criminal force and disturbing peace.

This is Javed Habeeb... Spitting instead of using water... absolutely horrible ?? pic.twitter.com/8s7xaE8qfO

¡ª Kungfu Pande ??2.0 (@pb3060) January 5, 2022

However, this is not the first case where food vendors or cooks have done this disgusting deed, especially during the pandemic era. Last year, a similar case had gone viral from a wedding in UP. In the then viral video, a man identified as Naushad alias Sohail was seen spitting on rotis before putting them in the tandoor. The incident reportedly took place at a wedding in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

After people demanded action on social media, the man was arrested.

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