Overview

• Swami Yashveer Maharaj supporters allegedly demanded Aadhaar, caste and religion details and tried to strip a worker at the Pandit Ji Vaishno Dhaba on June 28
• Worker Tajammul revealed he was compelled by the dhaba owner to adopt the Hindu alias Gopal and wear a religious bracelet to keep his job
• New Mandi police have summoned six activists linked to the identity drive under public peace laws and filed FIRs against five dhaba associates on assault charges
• The Pandit Ji Vaishno Dhaba remains closed, and police investigations into the June 28 confrontation are ongoing
• Uttar Pradesh officials defend nameplate, licence and QR code display rules for pilgrimage eateries as transparency measures, and opposition leaders condemn them as communal profiling