Bajrang Dal men sell weapons ahead of Ram Navami in Jharkhand

Ahead of the Ram Navami festival, members of the Bajrang Dal, a militant Hindutva group, were spotted selling swords, knives, and canes in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.In a video, which sparked outrage on social media platforms, a man is seen selling weapons in a tent along the roadside. Wearing saffron scarf, the purported Bajrang Dal member is seen selling baseball bats, swords and knives, and calling on



passers-by to buy the “original weapons” in preparation for the Ram Navami celebration.

“Dasmi ke din log nikle gey aur agar tuhmare pass shastra nahi hai toh lene ke liyai ap ko anna padega Bajrang Ashtra Bhandar peh (The procession will begin on Dasmi. If you don’t have weapons for that, you have to come to Bajrang Ashtra Bhandar,” the man can be heard saying in the video.