patna mohd jahangir qureshi runs a famous mutton shop at sabzibagh in patna he sells 400kg of mutton every day on holi morning alone he sold 2500kg of muttonindeed the festival of colours for which nonvegetarian dishes are a must on the menu in most households saw the chicken and mutton sellers laugh all the way to the bankthat holi was celebrated on friday also proved advantageous for us had it fallen on a tuesday or thursday or saturday the sales would have not been this much as many avoid nonveg items on these days qureshi explained to toi and added the mutton normally priced at rs 500kg sold for rs 600700kg on holi eve and holi dayanticipating heavy rush aquil ahmad opened his shop at 4am instead of usual 8am and sold around 700kg mutton by friday noon chicken too was in demand broiler chicken which is normally sold for rs130135 sold for rs 140210 on friday imteyaz qureshis chicken shop at sabzibagh alone sold 20 quintal of chicken on friday on normal days the sales do not exceed four quintalhowever naushad ansari who has his chicken shop at hanuman nagar was not overwhelmed even after selling 400kg of chicken at the rate of rs 140kg chicken sales have declined after prohibition he rued and recalled he used to sell at least 700kg of chicken on holi before prohibitionnala road homemaker binita prasad was happy it was a friday nonveg items are a nono for my family on tuesday thursday and saturday this holi however we had mutton curry and butter chicken among the dishes prepared for the day she said