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India: Hindu groups force shut KFC, KIA stores over Kashmir tweet

A member of Bajrang Dal, a Hindu supremacist group, shouts slogans in front of a KIA Motors showroom during in Ahmedabad [Amit Dave/Reuters]

Stores owned by several multinational companies have been forced to shut down by hardline Hindu groups in the Indian state of Gujarat after their Pakistan-based subsidiaries posted messages on social media in support of Kashmir.

The companies posted messages on social media on February 5 to coincide with Pakistan’s Kashmir Solidarity Day, held annually to commemorate the sacrifices of Kashmiris struggling for self-determination, causing anger among social media users in India.

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