UP Police arrests two from Delhi for ‘hundreds of conversions’

Tuesday, 22 June 2021Newsdesk

The Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested two clerics from Delhi for allegedly converting more than a thousand people to Islam in the state by luring them with money, jobs and marriage, among other things. As per officers, the two targeted women as well as unemployed, poor and physically challenged people.

New Delhi, 22 June 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, Mufti Kazi Jahageer Alam Kasmi, 52, and Mohammad Umar Gautam, 57, were arrested from Jamia Nagar area in the Capital. Police said they run an organisation named Islamic Dawah Centre (IDC) along with their associates, which had allegedly been carrying out large-scale conversions for the past one-and-a-half years. Gautam himself converted to Islam a few years back, an ATS officer said. Additional Director General, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said large transactions had been discovered while looking into the accounts of the accused and IDC, including allegedly foreign funds.

Source -indianexpress.com