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ED Obtains Five-Day Custody of Chhangur Baba to Trace ₹106 Crore Fund Transfers

The remand grants ED a window to probe offshore funding tied to the conversion network’s asset acquisitions

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Overview

  • A Lucknow PMLA court granted Enforcement Directorate custody of Maulana Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba until August 1 after his July 5 arrest by the UP ATS.
  • ED is investigating over ₹106 crore in foreign remittances and hawala transactions linked to a 15-year forced conversion syndicate.
  • Searches of 15 premises in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra uncovered 40 domestic bank accounts and five UAE-based foreign accounts associated with the network.
  • Authorities have demolished unauthorized structures tied to Baba’s aides and frozen multiple bank accounts in a coordinated ATS-ED-NIA crackdown.
  • Probes under the Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, PMLA and IPC sections continue, with further interrogations and additional arrests anticipated.