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Earlier, pro-Hindutva outfits like the Purola Vyapar Mandal had been at the forefront of the preparations for the event against the backdrop of Muslim shopkeepers being driven out of Purola town in Uttarkashi district
The mahapanchayat is scheduled to take place in Purola on June 15 and will be attended by several other organisations including the Pradhan Sanagthan and the local Vyapar Mandal.
Purola SDM Devanand Sharma told The Indian Express the reports of people leaving the area were false. Uttarkashi SP Arpan Yaduvanshi also said he had not received any complaint or information so far of people leaving the area in fear.
As many as 40 shops were shut down earlier this week and shop owners belonging to the minority community "had left town" amid brewing communal strife, a report said. The police, however, denied this claim.