Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh): A shocking video from Ayodhya’s Deen Dayal Upadhyay Park has gone viral, showing eight street vendors being forced to perform handstands with their legs propped up against a wall, as two uniformed men armed with batons paced nearby. The disturbing footage, allegedly from the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation’s enforcement team’s anti-encroachment drive, has triggered widespread public outrage and political criticism.

This video is from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. Cart vendors being punished and made to stand upside down against a wall as a punishment for alleged encroachment around a park. "Sita Ram jai Sita Ram" plays in the background. pic.twitter.com/TFoNoByYR8 — Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) October 13, 2025

According to reports, the men, mostly small-time vendors

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