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‘This is deeply troubling’: Indian-origin restaurateur Harman Singh Kapoor arrested days after announcing UK restaurant closure

'This is deeply troubling': Indian-origin restaurateur Harman Singh Kapoor arrested days after announcing UK restaurant closure

Indian-origin restaurateur Harman Singh Kapoor has been arrested days after he announced that he is shutting down his 16-year-old restaurant Rangrez in the UK because of threats by Pakistanis and a lack of support from the police.Replying to one of the tweets, Kapoor confirmed his arrest. Without telling the exact reason behind his arrest, Kapoor said, “All I did was protect my family, yet I was the one arrested. Instead of protecting us, the police targeted my religion — my Sikh faith and my beliefs. This is deeply troubling.”Earlier, Kapoor disclosed that Muslims targeted his restaurant because, from day one, he chose not to sell halal meat, and for that reason, Pakistanis gave bad reviews.

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Kapoor said he does not care that his business failed, as he chose to close his restaurant and will now pursue activism full-time.In a series of tweets, Kapoor called Muslims inbreds and said: “Proudly we don’t sell Halal. We don’t cater inbreds.””Proudly, I don’t sell halal, and because of this many individuals from the inbred community are unhappy and posting fake reviews. Rangrez restaurant will not cater to inbreds at the cost of tortured animals. Inbreds are not my customers,” he wrote in another post calling for the banning of halal in the UK.Who is Harman Singh Kapoor? Harman Singh Kapoor is a Sikh activist known for speaking out against Khalistani extremism. In 2023, he claimed his car was shot at and vandalised after he criticised the Khalistan movement. In recent months, Kapoor and his wife have also become increasingly vocal against Muslims. Shortly before announcing the closure of their restaurant, the couple shared a video warning parents about alleged “Love Jihad” cases in the UK and Australia. Kapoor claimed that many girls were being “brainwashed by Pakistani and Bangladeshi boys” and losing contact with their families, adding that he had been looking into several such cases. Kapoor has also faced criticism online. Some social media users alleged that he had been planning to enter politics alongside far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Others accused him of adopting anti-immigrant rhetoric despite being an immigrant himself, claiming he sought asylum in the UK as an Afghan Sikh refugee even though he was originally from India.

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