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Gurgaon deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh said no one can force licensed meat shops to be shut down. Later in the evening, police released all four on bail bonds of Rs 20,000 each, after warning them of strict action against vandalism. “We urge people not to take law in their hands,” he said. “We arrested four people, but later released them on bail,” said police spokesperson Subhash Bokan.Former BJP district president, Kulbhusan Bharadwaj, who was part of the group, said police acted in haste and arrested the wrong people. Members of the group also vandalised a shop selling meat and thrashed its owner, based on whose complaint, a case was registered against Chetan, Vikas Arya, Abhishek Gaud and Praveen, under sections 107 (abetment), 151 (unlawful assembly), 323 (causing hurt), 504 (provocation) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC.Once four protesters were arrested, the group sat on dharna in front of Sector 14 police station, demanding immediate release of its arrested members..