Muslim leader shot, then Hindu leader murdered: A prominent shooting incident in Madhya Pradesh, doors of houses remained closed in the city for 10 days.

On September 27, 2014, everything was normal in Ratlam until noon. As usual, there was a steady flow of people outside the municipal corporation. It was then that Yasmin Sherani, a Congress corporator and the leader of the opposition in the municipal corporation, was shot in broad daylight. The bullet hit her behind the neck. She was taken to the hospital, but the incident sparked tension in the city. Markets began to close, and the police had to resort to a lathi charge to control the crowd. The city has since recovered from the incident.