Workers of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vandalised Karachi Bakery in India’s Hyderabad over its name on Saturday, Indian media outlet The Wire reports.
A police official K. Balaraju was quoted as saying: “A couple of BJP workers showed up outside the Shamshabad Karachi Bakery within the RGI Airport Police Station limits at about 3 pm. They raised slogans and took issue with the bakery’s name. They tried to damage the signboard.”
He added that the suspects were detained but were later released as the owner did not want to press charges.
The bakery has been a renowned establishment in Hyderabad since 1953 and its name refers to the founder’s hometown prior to partition.
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