Overview
- Protesters gathered at the Bhopal Collectorate to demand the expulsion of Suraiya Nayak, alleging forced religious conversions and mistreatment of Hindu members, claims that remain unverified.
- Suraiya’s faction rejected the accusations as a scripted conspiracy tied to territorial control, with Suraiya saying she is being targeted and asserting the community’s secular character.
- The Suraiya group said it filed a police complaint accusing detractors of inciting communal disharmony and named rival leaders Kajal Thakur and Rishi Ajay as promoting fabricated narratives.
- Suraiya announced that five Hindu Sanatani transgender members would take charge of her dera following her public dismissal of the conversion allegations.
- Authorities are monitoring the situation as protesters press for a formal investigation, with participants including supporters from VHP and Bajrang Dal, and both sides trading allegations of harassment.