Lucknow Court grants custody of Chhangur baba to Enforcement Directorate for five days
On July 17, the Central Agency raided 14 places in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra allegedly linked to Chhangur Baba. The agency said that he had received funds worth ₹60 crore in 22 bank accounts, including 'large amounts' from abroad. Chhangur Baba and three other people were arrested by the U.P. Police's Anti-Terrorism Squad on July 5.
A First Information Report (FIR) filed by the U.P. ATS at a police station in Lucknow under Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2021 against four persons including Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba alleged that the accused acted in an organized manner to convert individuals from Hindu and other non-Muslim communities to Islam.
'The poor, helpless labourers, weaker sections, and widowed women were lured with incentives, financial aid, promises of marriage, or forced through intimidation, in violation of established procedures for religious conversion by the accused' reads the FIR.
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