Overview
- A Noida pizza shop owner was arrested after a viral clip allegedly showed him spitting on a pizza base at his outlet, Pizza Hunt, in Sector-22’s Chaura village.
- Before the arrest, local members of the Hindu Raksha Dal said they confronted the man at the shop and allegedly assaulted him before handing him to police.
- As the probe began, officers seized items from the outlet and collected the footage, and the man told them he had blown on the dough to clear flour.
- Investigators said they will send the clip for forensic analysis to verify when it was recorded and to check for any tampering.
- The video’s spread online has fueled calls for tighter food-safety checks in Uttar Pradesh, which saw a similar Ghaziabad case in January.