Balrampur

A magisterial probe confirmed police complicity in shielding a gangster and illegal construction of a mazar on police land. Despite findings, the accused SHO was only transferred, raising serious questions about political patronage.

Police are looking for Badar and his father, Mehmood Akhtar Siddiqui, who are on the run. Badar reportedly targeted and converted 5 Hindu women in Meerut and Noida, three of whom are still missing, and no information is available about their whereabouts.

Chhangur Baba had a fixed incentive structure for conversions. Rs 15-16 lakh was fixed for conversions of Brahmin, Sikh or Kshatriya women, Rs 10-12 lakhs for OBCs and Rs 8-10 lakhs for other castes. The accused Chhangur Baba had also published a book, ‘Shijra-e-Tayyaba’, meaning ‘To propagate Islam’.

Jalaluddin Shah, mastermind of a religious conversion racket in UP’s Balrampur, posed as a senior RSS-linked figure and used PM Modi’s photo to gain trust. The ED and ATS are now probing his alleged ₹500 crore foreign funding and terror links.

A woman from Karnataka was lured into marriage, trafficked to Saudi Arabia, and forced into religious conversion. After enduring gangrape, torture, and blackmail, she escaped and is now fighting a powerful cross-border network she claims still stalks and harasses her.

Jalaluddin also had links with several Islamic organisations like the Saudi Arabia Islamic Development Bank, Muslim World League, Dawat-e-Islam and the Islamic Union of Nepal.

Victim Sanchit and his wife were implicated in false criminal cases after they refused to convert to Islam.

Chhangur Baba prepared an elaborate strategy to convert Hindu women. He used to pay Muslim men for luring vulnerable Hindu women.

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has confirmed that Chhangur Baba had close ties with Mukhtar Ansari’s criminal syndicate. For 15 years, he used these connections to secure funding and carry out land deals.