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UP Demolishes Chhangur Baba’s Illegal Properties as ED and NIA Launch Funding Probe

Extended ATS custody for the main accused accompanies multi-agency efforts to uncover over ₹100 crore in foreign funding for the conversion syndicate

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Balrampur- based kingpin of illegal religious conversion racket Jalaluddin Shah alias Chhaangur Baba
Who Is Chhangur Baba? The Man Behind UP’s Shocking Crores-Worth Conversion Racket | Image: Republic

Overview

  • Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba and his aide Neetu alias Nasreen remain under extended remand in ATS custody for further interrogation
  • Eight bulldozers have been deployed to raze unauthorised structures tied to the alleged conversion racket in Madhpur village, Balrampur district
  • The Enforcement Directorate and National Investigation Agency have opened money-laundering and terror-financing inquiries into more than ₹100 crore traced through over 40 Gulf-linked bank accounts
  • Police say the gang allegedly used caste-based rate cards, financial incentives, promises of marriage and intimidation to coerce over 40 women from Hindu and other non-Muslim communities into converting
  • Actions are proceeding under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2021, and anti-terror statutes as part of a broader state security operation