MEERUT, Aug. 10 -- Four people were detained after police raided two shops allegedly selling non-vegetarian food along designated Kanwar Yatra routes in Bareilly district, officials said on Sunday.

The action followed directions issued by the administration to traders operating along designated Kanwar routes not to sell meat, chicken, fish or other non-vegetarian food during the month.

In the first incident, police received information on Saturday evening that chicken biryani was allegedly being sold at a shop near the old Roadways bus stand in Bahedi. According to police, the shopkeepers had previously been warned against selling non-vegetarian food during the pilgrimage.

Police raided the shop and detained two shopkeepers, identified...