Hyderabad, June 30 -- Staff of hotels and eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar were allegedly forced to take off their pants to prove their religion in drives spearheaded yet again by a local extremist seer, Swamy Yashveer Maharaj.

The local baba's campaign forcing eateries along the pilgrimage route to display their owners' religion began on June 28 this year. Local reports alleged that the seer conducted checks across the route with a force of over 5000 supporters.

Pandit Ji Vaishnav Dhaba cook Gopal did not have his Aadhaar card on his person when the eatery was raided by Maharaj's crusaders.

Unable to prove his religion, Gopal's pants were taken off by the mob. "They said they must know if I'm Hind...