Carts overturned, Muslim fruit sellers assaulted outside Hanuman temple in Karnataka

Members of the Sri Ram Sena shut down Muslim shops and vandalised carts outside a Hnuman temple in Karnataka.

Muslim fruit vendors were reportedly harassed outside a Hanuman temple in Karnataka’s Dharwad city by members of the Sri Ram Sene group, who overturned the carts and threw the fruits on the road.

This comes days after some Hindu outfits in Karnataka have sought an end to the "monopoly of Muslims" in the fruit business.

Several Twitter users posted videos of the incident on the micro-blogging site.

The footage shows men with saffron scarves, pushing cart vendors away as a large crowd looks on. Soon, the road outside the Hanuman temple was filled with squashed watermelons.

Destroying the fruits of Muslim fruit vendors who sold fruits in cartsAtrocities by Sanghwara terrorists!Muslim pushcart vendors are targeted outside the Hanuman Temple in Dharwad, Karnataka.#Sri_Ram_Sena members damage and destroy watermelons and other fruits #Karnataka. pic.twitter.com/q0a8yyxQGX