Clashes broke out near Shahi Masjid in Ujjain on September 28 as authorities moved to remove part of the mosque for a road-widening project linked to the 2028 Simhastha gathering. Multiple accounts and recorded footage showed stone-throwing and police firing tear-gas shells; police also used batons. Authorities deployed about 2,500 personnel, including the Rapid Action Force.
After the confrontation, members of the mosque community began removing the section marked for the road alignment, according to separate on-site accounts and an update carried by the district administration. This report does not treat the entire removal as complete: the precise extent of work and the condition of the prayer hall, minaret and associated shrine were not independently established when the update was prepared.
Police said about six officers were injured and registered a first information report naming 10 people, including five described as social-media influencers. Reports differ on whether all 10 were arrested or whether five people from outside the area were detained, so no final arrest count is stated. The allegations are not findings of guilt, and no verified casualty among protesters was identified.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed two petitions on September 9, finding that the corporation had heard objections, followed statutory procedure and was acting for public safety and traffic management. The petitioners had argued that the action violated religious-freedom, equality and property protections.
Multiple reports from the September 28 appeal hearing say a Division Bench ended the case after the mosque side and Ujjain Municipal Corporation recorded an agreement. Under the reported terms, about three feet of the disputed structure and one shop are to be removed, rather than the approximately nine-and-a-half feet the municipal side had sought. Some reports describe the appeal as dismissed, while more detailed hearing accounts say it was disposed of after the agreement was accepted; the signed order was not publicly available when this update was prepared. The police investigation into the clashes remains unresolved.