Overview
- Aklavya Singh Gaur, son of BJP MLA Malini Gaur and convener of Hind Rakshak Sangathan, instructed Sheetlamata Market traders to remove all Muslim salesmen by September 25 and have Muslim shopkeepers vacate rented shops within two months.
- Leaders of the market association acknowledged the directive and described checks of employee IDs as part of a “bazaar ka shuddhikaran” drive targeting alleged ‘love jihad’ involvement.
- Reporters documented immediate fallout with more than 50 Muslim workers losing their jobs and at least four rented shops being vacated ahead of the deadline.
- Muslim traders and staff marched in protest in Indore and civil-rights figures signalled legal action, while a Hindu shopkeeper publicly opposed evictions of his Muslim partner and colleagues.
- Indore police said they have no official video or verifiable complaint and have not registered a case; Muslim salesmen said they submitted a complaint on September 15 and the local Congress sought an FIR.