Hyderabad, June 25 -- Muslim vendors who had set up stalls along the Kamakhya Temple route during the Ambubachi Mela in Assam were verbally abused, harassed, and forced to shut shop by Hindu extremists.

Videos recorded by the perpetrators themselves and shared on social media show members of the group questioning vendors, "You are Muslim and are selling Hindu religious items?" before demanding they vacate. In one instance, a man wearing a mala was physically assaulted, struck on his neck, and ordered to produce his Aadhaar card.

The incident is the latest in a pattern of targeted harassment of Muslim traders at Hindu religious gatherings across India.

At the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj in January 2025, a Muslim vendor selling posters ...