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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Hindustan Times
UP ATS seeks custody of Chhangur Baba, Jamaluddin in money laundering activities
The Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorism squad (ATS) has filed a fresh application seeking police custody remand (PCR) of Jalaluddin Shah alias Chhangur Baba, 78, and his key associate Naveen Rohra alias Jamaluddin, 45, in connection with an alleged religious conversion and money laundering racket in Balrampur, officials confirmed on Saturday. This is the second remand application for Chhangur Baba, who was earlier taken into custody along with Naveen's wife Neetu Rohra alias Nasreen. (Sourced) This is the second remand application for Chhangur Baba, who was earlier taken into custody along with Naveen's wife Neetu Rohra alias Nasreen. A senior ATS official said the application was submitted to the Lucknow ATS court on Thursday and is likely to be heard on Monday. If allowed, the remand would facilitate further interrogation regarding alleged offshore shell companies, foreign funding, and suspected money laundering linked to the case. According to the official, Chhangur Baba is the alleged mastermind of the racket, accused of targeting Hindu girls across Balrampur and other districts. The gang allegedly received over ₹100 crore in foreign funding over the past three years. The official further stated that Naveen Rohra played a crucial role in the operations, allegedly participating in conversion activities and financial transactions. His wife, Neetu, was also allegedly involved in executing the activities. The ATS began investigating the racket after an FIR was registered on November 16, 2024. The Enforcement Directorate took up a parallel probe on July 8, 2025, to examine financial transactions and assets. Chhangur Baba and Neetu were arrested on July 5. Earlier, Mehboob, 45, son of Chhangur Baba, and Naveen were held on April 8, 2025. Rashid Shah, 40, from Utraula in Balrampur, was arrested on July 17, followed by the arrests of Sabroz and Sahabuddin on July 18. Two other accused, Ramzan and Idul Islam, are still absconding. In a related development, a court clerk, Rajesh Kumar Upadhyaya, was arrested on July 19 for alleged connivance. Upadhyaya was the first person to be arrested despite his name not appearing in the accused column of the FIR.
The Hindu
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
K.G. Halli PS attack case: NIA court convicts 3 accused, sentences them to 7 years in prison
The NIA court on Wednesday convicted three among the 138 accused involved in the Kadugondana Halli (K.G. Halli) police station attack case, and sentenced them to seven years of imprisonment, with a fine of ₹36,000 each. The trio, Syed Ikramuddin, 44, Syed Asif, 46, and Mohammed Atif, 26, are among the 187 arrested out of the 199 accused in the case. The trio, who are presently in judicial custody at Parappana Agarahara prison, pleaded guilty. Among the NIA charge-sheeted 138 people, four surrendered, and one died. Case background It may be recalled that on August 11, 2020, a group of 25 to 30 people gathered in front of the K.G. Halli police station and started shouting slogans demanding the arrest of one Naveen, nephew of Akhanda Srinivas Murthy, an MLA, who had allegedly posted a derogatory message on his Facebook account insulting Prophet Mohammed. The group, led by Syed Ikramuddin (accused no. 14), and others, entered the K.G. Halli police station demanding registration of a case against Naveen and others. The police accepted the complaint with acknowledgement that a case had already been registered at Devara Jeevana Halli (D.J. Halli ) police station on the same day in this regard. The gathering at K.G. Halli police station was increasing gradually, and becoming violent, following a similar situation near the D.J. Halli police station area. Considering the gravity of the situation, the then Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru city, imposed curfew under the D.J. Halli and K.G. Halli police stations limits. The gathered crowd intensified their protest by shouting slogans, and turned to violent activities. They started pelting stones at the police station. Furthermore, they attacked the police personnel on duty as well as the public who were trying to help the police pacify the crowd and control the situation. The police then resorted to 'Lathi' charge in order to control the crowd. Subsequently, the police fired tear gas with an intention of dispersing the unruly crowd and bringing the situation under control. But the mob became more aggressive and started attacking police personnel, and set ablaze government and public properties, also resulting in injuries to the police personnel. The police fired two rounds in air with their service weapons to disperse the mob. One death However, people in the mob tried to snatch the weapons of the police. Some officials opened fire on the mob, and during gunfire, one person was injured, who later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. Thereafter, the mob gradually dispersed from the area. During the incident, the rioters damaged a total of 12 government and private vehicles. Five two-wheelers and one four-wheeler were burnt, while six other vehicles were damaged. The then Police Inspector, Ajay Sarathy, lodged a complaint charging the accused under various sections of the IPC and also under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. However, the police later invoked the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act against the accused. The NIA took over the case after re-registering the FIR on September 21, 2020.
Indian Express
20-07-2025
- Indian Express
6th aide of Chhangur Baba held, was a clerk at Balrampur court
Days after arresting 65-year-old Jamaluddin alias Chhangur Baba and others for their alleged involvement in a 'large-scale' religious conversion racket, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the UP Police on Sunday arrested a clerk at the Balrampur court in Lucknow in connection to the case. The police said the accused, Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay, is a native of Varanasi and was in Lucknow at the time of his arrest. With this, the total number of arrests in the case has risen to seven, including Jamaluddin alias Chhangur Baba. According to police, Upadhyay was part of the racket and allegedly involved in laundering black money through property brokerage. The ATS is currently investigating a Rs 16 crore land deal in Pune registered under Upadhyay's wife, suspecting it to be linked to 'hawala transactions' and funds generated through religious conversions. On Saturday, police had arrested Sabroj alias Buddhu (42) and Shahabuddin (36), both residents of Balrampur, in connection to the case. Earlier, police had arrested Jamaluddin, his son Mehboob, their associate Naveen, and Naveen's wife Neetu alias Nasreen. Mehboob and Naveen were taken into custody in April, while Jamaluddin and Neetu were arrested on July 5. The authorities also demolished a portion of Neetu's house in Madhpur village, which was allegedly built on government land. Apart from Neetu, her husband Naveen, and their daughter were living in the house. According to the police, Jamaluddin was the main person behind the conversion racket. The group mainly targeted poor and vulnerable non-Muslims, including widows. They lured people with money, help, and false promises of marriage to make them convert. Those who refused were allegedly threatened with fake legal cases. Police added that the group had 'fixed rates' for religious conversions based on caste.
Time of India
19-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
CM assures prompt action in Puri girl burning case
1 2 Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday asserted that prompt govt response would be taken after a 15-year-old girl was set ablaze by three miscreants in Puri, even as the incident sparked political outrage. Addressing a news conference, Majhi said the govt is in constant touch with the AIIMS authorities to ensure best care for the injured girl, while police have launched a manhunt to nab the accused. "If the situation warrants, she will be airlifted to AIIMS New Delhi. Her condition is stable, and she is speaking," the CM said. Majhi said the truth will come out and the inquiry will determine if there was any conspiracy. "Stringent action as per law will be taken against the culprits," he said. Earlier in the day, former CM Naveen Patnaik said criminals have become emboldened under the BJP govt. Pointing out that the Puri incident happened within a week of a young college girl setting herself ablaze in Balasore after she was allegedly denied justice, Naveen wrote on X, "These incidents occurring with shocking regularity point to a deep systemic failure of governance. It shows that criminals have become emboldened under the present govt and are not worried about being punished. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Libas Purple Days Sale Libas Undo " Naveen said Odisha is becoming highly unsafe for women due to alleged govt inaction and political patronage and urged the govt to take speedy action. Echoing similar sentiments, state Congress president Bhakta Charan Das said criminals are operating without fear of the govt, administration or police. "Even though such incidents keep happening repeatedly, the govt and administration have turned into mere spectators. Female students and women are unsafe in the state," he wrote. State BJP president Manmohan Samal said the state govt has taken the incident with utmost seriousness and would ensure strict action against the culprits. "Ensuring justice is our primary responsibility. We will strive to ensure that the perpetrators receive exemplary punishment," he said.
Time of India
17-07-2025
- Time of India
Nearly 2 years after mob attack onmosque, bail for last of 9 accused
Gurgaon: A city court this week granted bail to a 22-year-old man who was accused in a case related to a mob attack on a Sector 57 mosque in the aftermath of the 2023 Nuh riots. Sukhral alias Kapil alias Kubda (22), a resident of Bandhwari, is the last of the nine accused to be granted bail in the case. On July 31, 2023, after days of threats posted online by people from two communities, violence broke out during the Brijmandal Jalabhishek Yatra as the procession was crossing Nuh and came under attack from an armed mob. You Can Also Check: Gurgaon AQI | Weather in Gurgaon | Bank Holidays in Gurgaon | Public Holidays in Gurgaon Six people, including three cops, were killed in riots which sparked communal violence in Gurgaon and neighbouring districts of south Haryana. Hours after the violence in Nuh, an armed mob of around 90-100 surrounded Anjuman Mosque in Sector 57 and laid siege to it in the early hours of Aug 1. A police team deployed at the spot tried to stop the mob but came under fire. Within a few minutes, the mob had entered the mosque and set it on fire. The mosque's naib imam Mohd Saad, assaulted and critically injured in the attack, died while still on his way to the hospital. Another man, Khurshid Alam, sustained a bullet injury to his leg. An FIR was filed at Sector 56 police station under sections for murder, rioting, unlawful assembly, voluntarily causing hurt to another person, mischief causing damage, and other provisions of the IPC, along with the Arms Act. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Dubai villas | search ads Get Deals Undo Nine accused were named in the case, and Kapil was the last of them to be identified and arrested. Kapil's counsel Manish Shandilya argued during the hearings that the 22-year-old was implicated in the disclosure statement of other accused. "No recovery is pending. The chargesheet has been filed. No custodial interrogation is required. He has been falsely named in this FIR," Shandilya told the court. Public prosecutor Sumit Saini argued that though Kapil's name was not initially mentioned in the FIR, it was initially disclosed by the other accused. "The weapons used in the commission of the offence have been recovered from the accused," he said. Additional sessions judge Puneet Sehgal in the July 16 order observed that keeping the accused in custody without justification would infringe on his fundamental rights. "So, after considering the facts and circumstances of the case and without commenting on the merits of the case, this court deems it appropriate to grant the concession of bail to the applicants-accused," the order read. Kapil was granted bail on the condition that he pays a bond of Rs 1 lakh. Four other accused in the case – Naveen, Rakesh alias Bhola, Aakash and Naveen – are out on bail granted by the local court. Three more persons , Satpal, Ravinder and Rahul, were granted bail by Punjab and Haryana high court in July 2024.
