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Lucknow Police Arrest Man Over Alleged Conversion Racket Using 'Healing' Sessions

Police have invoked the state anti-conversion law, triggering a probe into funding sources.

The accused, Malkhan (in blue shirt), was arrested for alleged religious conversion. (Screengrab)
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Overview

  • Lucknow Police arrested 43-year-old Malkhan on Sunday in Nigohan after tracking him to Hulaskheda Road.
  • Officials allege he ran weekly “healing” gatherings at a hall on his farmland, offering cures and inducements to push conversions of Scheduled Caste families.
  • Investigators say he converted in 2016, styled himself as a pastor, renamed his children, and used a WhatsApp group called Yeshu Changai Sabha to recruit.
  • The makeshift church has been sealed, with two Bibles and promotional pamphlets recovered during the operation.
  • An FIR under Sections 3/5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act was registered following a Bajrang Dal complaint, with inquiries underway into funding, associates, and alleged baptisms, and the arresting team receiving a Rs 25,000 reward.