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UP ATS Detains Changur Baba and Aide, Calls in NIA and ED Probe into Foreign-Funded Conversion Racket

Officials are examining a self-published ideological text to understand how the syndicate coerced victims into conversion.

The two arrested was produced before a court and subsequently sent to Lucknow District Jail
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Overview

  • The UP Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Jamaluddin alias Changur Baba and his aide Neetu alias Nasreen under the state’s Unlawful Religious Conversion Act and relevant IPC sections.
  • Investigators have requested the National Investigation Agency and Enforcement Directorate to trace overseas remittances that funded the racket.
  • Authorities estimate about Rs 100 crore was funneled through over 40 bank accounts to bankroll coercive conversions and luxury asset purchases.
  • The gang allegedly assigned conversion payouts based on caste, offering as much as Rs 16 lakh for Brahmin, Kshatriya and Sikh women and lower sums for others.
  • Law enforcement continues raids across Uttar Pradesh to detain additional network members and seize materials linked to ideological indoctrination.