After Call For Boycott Of Turkiye Apples, Pune Trader Claims He Received Threat from Pakistan

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Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 14:27 IST

A trader connected Thursday claimed to person received a threatening dependable connection from Pakistan.

Fruit traders successful Pune decided to halt importing apples from Turkey. (Image: Representative)

Days aft a radical of effect traders successful Pune decided to halt importing apples from Turkiye to protestation against that country’s unfastened enactment to Pakistan, a trader connected Thursday claimed to person received a threatening dependable connection from Pakistan.

Suyog Zende, a trader astatine the Agriculture Produce Market Committee, commonly known arsenic Marketyard, and immoderate others had said they volition not woody successful apples from Turkiye aft that state criticised India’s caller strikes connected panic infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.

"Around 9 this morning, I started getting calls connected my telephone but did not prime up the phone. Later I received a dependable enactment message. The connection contained slurs for India and said we tin not bash immoderate harm to Pakistan oregon Turkiye. I sent a dependable enactment responding to the threats," helium told reporters.

Traders are readying to conscionable the Pune constabulary commissioner successful this regard, said Zende.

As a protest, traders astatine Marketyard connected Thursday threw apples imported from Turkiye connected the road.

According to Zende, traders successful Pune import apples, litchi, plum, cherry and adust fruits from Turkiye. The import of apples unsocial is to the tune of Rs 1,200 crore, helium had said earlier.

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