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ED Conducts Raids at 14 Locations in UP and Mumbai in Chhangur Baba Money Laundering Probe

The operations aim to seize evidence of over ₹100 crore in suspected hawala funds tied to a network accused of coercive religious conversions.

Chhangur Baba case
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Overview

  • At dawn on July 17, ED teams searched 12 premises in Utraula, Balrampur district and two residences in Mumbai linked to spiritual leader Jalaluddin Shah, known as Chhangur Baba.
  • Officials recovered land deeds, luxury vehicles, gold, and digital records while probing transfers of more than ₹2 crore from associate Naveen’s accounts to his Mumbai-based aide Shahzad Sheikh.
  • The raids follow the UP ATS’s earlier demolitions of unauthorized structures in Balrampur and a PMLA case that traced shell entities used to obscure foreign remittances.
  • Investigators have identified over ₹100 crore in suspected foreign funding channeled through 40-plus bank accounts from Gulf and Central Asian sources to finance alleged religious conversions.
  • Chhangur Baba, his son Mehboob and close associates remain in custody as interrogations delve into potential terror-financing links with Pakistan’s ISI and allegations of forced marriages of converted women.