In a shocking incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, a man identified as Danish has been arrested and sent to jail after a video surfaced online showing him spitting on rotis he was preparing at a wedding. The alarming footage quickly went viral, prompting swift action from the authorities. Danish, a resident of the Pathan Tola area, was booked at the Pahasu Police Station on November 2. This event follows a pattern of similar incidents in the state, including a case in Meerut in February 2025 where a man was arrested for spitting on a roti. Earlier in January, an eatery worker in Ghaziabad was also apprehended for spitting on food. In December 2024, another individual in Bulandshahr faced custody for a similar offense. In response to these disturbing events, the Uttar Pradesh government had proposed a stringent 10-year jail term for individuals found contaminating food, a penalty comparable to those for heinous crimes like attempted murder. These proposed measures aim to penalize the contamination of food with harmful substances and ensure greater transparency in eateries by requiring nameplates displaying staff details. The government emphasized that such actions are grave offenses, and strong legal action will be taken.
Also Read | In UP’s Meerut, man ‘spits’ on roti at wedding ceremony; arrested
In February 2025, the police in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut
arrested a man for allegedly spitting
on a “roti” he was making at a wedding ceremony.
The action was taken after a video of the man “spitting” on the roti went viral on social media.
In January, a 20-year-old eatery worker was arrested for allegedly spitting on the food he was preparing in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.
A similar incident was reported in December 2024 from Bulandshahr, also in Uttar Pradesh, where a vegetable vendor was taken into custody.
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Proposed UP ordinance to impose 10-yr jail for ‘spitting in food’
10 years prison for ‘contaminating’ food?
In October last year, the UP government
proposed a rigorous 10-year imprisonment
for spitting in foods; such a punishment is usually reserved for heinous crimes like attempted murder or rape.
Officials mentioned the state would do this by bringing in two ordinances to penalise “contaminating” food with human waste and to make all eateries put up nameplates giving details of their owners and staff.
The two new proposed ordinances were discussed in the state cabinet on Tuesday and will be known as the UP Prevention of Contamination (Consumer Right to Know) and the UP Prevention of Impersonation and Anti-harmony Activities and Prohibition of Spitting, said a press note.
“Contaminating food with human waste and dirty matter is a grave offence and we will bring a strong law soon,” a government statement had quoted Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as saying.