India, May 8 -- Hyderabad-based Karachi Bakery found itself in the middle of protests and backlashes following Operation Sindoor on May 7, where Indian armed forces targeted nine terrorist infrastructure sites in retaliation for the Pahalgam attack on April 22. Viral videos on social media show activist groups storming an outlet of the bakery chain, demanding a change in its name. They argued that an Indian establishment shouldn't be named after a city in Pakistan. Following the chaos, the owners of the bakery have issued a clarification about the store's name.

Owners Rajesh and Harish Ramanani told PTI that the bakery was founded by their grandfather Khanchand Ramnani in 1953 after he migrated to India during the partition of 1947.

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