Hindus of Sindh province held a protest against the shoe manufacturing shop in which shoes were inscribed with ‘Om’ symbol and openly selling in the markets. Hence, the Hindu communities appealed to Sindh Government and local authorities to ban the sale of shoes that hurt their religious sentiments.

The patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC), Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, said that “The shopkeeper was arrested and the shoes in question have also been seized. Since the last three years on the occasion of Muslim Eid festival, some shopkeepers in Tando Adam are selling shoes on which Hindu religious holy name ‘Om’ is displayed. Its purpose is just to insult the sentiments of local Hindus.”

“The pictures of these shoes have been circulated on the social media by concerned members of the Hindu community and we demand they be removed from the shops immediately.” Ramesh Kumar addressed.

STOP, ACTION & APOLOGIZE
Stylo is putting OM symbols on the shoes
Must stop it right away & apologize.
Respect all pic.twitter.com/rurLAbVmLG

— Aurangzeb Khan Niazi (@aurangzebniazi) June 20, 2016

“As ‘Om’ is the sacred religious symbol of Hinduism which talks about the oneness of God, let’s protect this oneness peacefully for the progressive and positive face of Pakistan. Let’s appeal the authorities concerned to take notice of the matter immediately to override any expected mistrust within the locals,” a statement released by the group said.

The incident has allegedly been rendered as ‘unfortunate and blasphemous’ by the Hindu minority in Pakistan.