Bhopal, May 13 -- Tensions flared at Madhya Pradesh's Harda railway station when a Muslim woman was allegedly stopped and harassed over suspicion of carrying beef.

A group of unidentified individuals approached the woman, Zahida, after receiving information that she was travelling with beef, Clarion reported.

The woman, a resident of Khandwa district, was carrying multiple bags containing around 30 kilograms of meat, which she clarified was buffalo meat and not beef.

The men got into a heated argument at the railway station, accusing the woman of illegal transport of beef, before the police could intervene.

"People suddenly gathered and started questioning the woman," an onlooker recounted the incident. "Some passengers got scared and...