The Curious Case of Thakur Shoes

A muslim man in Bulandshahr's Gulawati town was detained and booked after members of right wing organizations objected to the name embedded in the soles of the shoes he was selling: "Thakur". While the muslim man kept insisting that it was only a brand name, the memebers of the Bajrang Dal gathered supporters and called the police stating that "he was hurting their sentiments". The authorities have accused him for inciting "communal hatred".

Vishal Chauhan, the coordinator of the Bajrang Dal in the city lodged a complaint and told the media that: “We went to his shop and handed him over to the police.” 
The shopkeeper was booked under Sections 153A (Promoting disharmony, enmity or feelings of hatred between different groups), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code. However, no one has questioned the brand owner in this regard. Social media platforms like twitter have been bustling with the incident:

The hypocricy of the whole incident is that the Thakur Footwear Company (TFC) is a company based in Agra and was established in 1980. The company promotes selling shoes via many platforms like Facebook, Twitter & WhatsApp. The company itself makes 'THAKUR' stamp on shoe sole. But the shop owner Nasir, maybe just because of his name has been targetted.

Since the incident has taken place, social media platforms like twitter have become a ground of accusations and counter-accusations:

The issue has captured the Prime Time Debates of many media organizations:

However, the brand owners have said that they do not write "Thakur" in any of their footwear and only use the shortform "TFC". However, this seems to be contradictory to what one can find in the product:

Once again the intellectuals are caught in a whirlpool of debates and discussions as to whether these claims by the Bajrang Dal hold any water or not ? whether this hurts sentiments and if it does who should be blamed: the brand owner or the poor shopkeeper ? This is a pertaining question which we need to answer so that innocent people like Nasir do not fall prey to such accusations in the near future.

Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code does not hold much relevance in this regard. Law is made for the society, the society is not made for such laws. In a country already battling the global pandemic, recession and unemployment, such acts hold no water or relevance. One can even go ahead and term it as a complete misuse of the law.

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