“Purola Love Jihad: Police start police verification of ‘outsiders’, tensions extend to Gangotri, several shops remain shut”, Opindia, June 12, 2023:

“After the Purola incident, in Gangotri, businesses and shops remained shuttered on Saturday in protest of the love jihad occurrences that are believed to be occurring more frequently around the state.

The people protesting say that one of the Char Dham pilgrimage towns, Gangotri, is being negatively impacted by the influx of unverified outsiders engaging in small roadside businesses. They demanded that the administration take action right away in this regard.

Reports mention that around 11 shop owners from the minority community reportedly left Purola, and three more from Barkot and Naugaon towns….”

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