gurugram the gurugram administration said on thursday it will provide security to meat shops after a group of rightwing activists among them one claiming to be the local unit of the shiv sena shut down a dozen meat sellers in the citythe local outfits had earlier gone to the district administration with a petition that meat shops be shut during navratri but were rebuffed they decided to take the law into their own hands after thatmeat shops in areas such as sector 9 dundahera palam vihar near the old gurgaon mosque rajiv nagar sukhrali and sikanderpur were targeted shopkeepers in these areas were also asked to keep trays of eggs away from view so that the sight of nonvegetarian food during the festivities does not hurt any passerbywe had to close two of our meat shops in wazirabad and in dlf5 we did so out of fear because these people can even use violence to get their way said tasim who sells chicken and biryani another meat shop owner in old gurgaon said we respect religious sentiments but this is our livelihood we are being asked to not earn our bread for 10 days there has to be some other way justifying the vigilantism rituraj of the local sena outfit said they would continue doing so it is inappropriate to hang meat outside shops where those on fast can see it we will keep a vigil and ensure such shops are closed the other outfit that petitioned for closure of meat shops calls itself akhil bharatiya hindu kranti dal speaking to toi deputy commissioner vinay pratap singh said we received their letter and we acknowledged that they requested to ban meat shops during navratri we considered the request and decided its a personal choice so we will not act on any meat shops during navtari also we will not let anyone forcibly close these shops if need be we will provide security to the legal shops