{"id":95839,"date":"2026-07-20T02:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/?p=95839"},"modified":"2026-07-20T02:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:53:00","slug":"trade-body-urges-dig-to-prevent-harassment-of-innocent-traders-in-jaunpur-kidnapping-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/?p=95839","title":{"rendered":"Trade Body Urges DIG to Prevent Harassment of Innocent Traders in Jaunpur Kidnapping Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20260718-WA1417.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20260718-WA1417.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20260718-WA1417-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20260718-WA1417-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20260718-WA1417-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20260718-WA1417-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20260718-WA1417-1536x688.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trade Body Urges DIG to Prevent Harassment of Innocent Traders in Jaunpur Kidnapping Case<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Varanasi, July 18:<br>A delegation of the Udyog Vyapar Mandal (Uttar Pradesh), led by its National President Shiv Kumar Gupta, submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Varanasi Range, urging that innocent traders should not be subjected to unnecessary harassment during the investigation into the high-profile trader kidnapping and murder case in Jaunpur.<br>According to the memorandum, a trader was kidnapped on May 23, 2026, in the Kerakat police station area of Jaunpur district. During the ongoing investigation, several traders have reportedly been summoned repeatedly for questioning, creating an atmosphere of fear and insecurity within the trading community.<br>The organisation demanded that strict legal action be taken against anyone against whom sufficient evidence exists. However, it stressed that innocent traders should not be unnecessarily called for repeated questioning, as such actions are disrupting business activities and causing panic among the business community.<br>The delegation also appealed to the DIG to ensure a fair and impartial investigation while protecting innocent traders from undue harassment.<br>Those present on the occasion included National President Shiv Kumar Gupta, Varanasi District President Shubham Singh, District Vice President and Organisation General Secretary Kamlesh Singh, Shashikant Jaiswal, Vice President Harilal Maurya, Patron Mohammad Mustafa, office-bearers of Sindhora Market, and several members of the organisation and the trading community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trade Body Urges DIG to Prevent Harassment of Innocent Traders in Jaunpur Kidnapping Case Varanasi, July 18:A delegation of the Udyog Vyapar Mandal (Uttar Pradesh), led by its National President Shiv Kumar Gupta, submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Varanasi Range, urging that innocent traders should not be subjected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":95840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20260718-WA1417.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95841,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95839\/revisions\/95841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}