A gym owner stepped in to protect a frail, 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper with Parkinson’s disease from a group of men demanding he drop “Baba” from his shop’s name. Days later, he is the one facing police cases, threats, and mobs outside his gym.

Kotdwar is now barricaded and under heavy police watch. Newslaundry was only allowed to enter after multiple phone calls and requests to several police officers who initially questioned the need for “Delhi media” to be in the town when the situation had........

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