Foreign funding, terror camp plans: FIR against conversion kingpin Chhangur Baba
Police claim Chhangur Baba's conversion network extended beyond Uttar Pradesh, operating in several other states. Hindu women and minors were reportedly targeted and coerced into conversion. According to investigators, Chhangur Baba had built a team that received commissions for each successful conversion.The ATS has so far arrested Baba's son Mehboob, and associates Naveen Rohra and Neetu alias Nasreen, who are believed to be key players in the racket.Investigation revealed that the operation followed a structured incentive system, with conversion payouts varying by caste. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing the financial angle and the ownership of properties worth over Rs 100 crore, allegedly acquired illegally in Balrampur and Pune, some on encroached government land.Chhangur Baba has denied all allegations, saying, "I am innocent. I don't know anything."FATWA AGAINST CHHANGUR BABAMeanwhile, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, national president of the All India Muslim Jamaat, issued a fatwa against Chhangur Baba and called for his boycott by the community.'The work done by Baba is not only illegal but also against the principles of Islam,' he said. 'Such a person should be boycotted.'Officials said the probe will continue to uncover the full extent of the religious conversion gang's operations and its national and international links. Raids are ongoing to locate other absconding suspects.- EndsMust Watch
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