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Investigators are examining recovered religious material, possible funding sources, and whether the accused, originally from Kerala, operated independently or as part of a wider conversion network active across Kanpur and neighbouring districts.
Investigators recovered photos showing large prayer gatherings, some featuring foreign nationals, seized documents and bank records, and linked the society’s Andhra Pradesh registration to suspected inter state coordination beyond Kannauj and neighbouring border districts under scrutiny.
Police say statements of women present inside the church are being recorded, while efforts continue to trace accused named in the FIR, as authorities examine whether coercion or inducement was involved in the conversion attempt.
Court records, bail orders, and bank statements accessed by OpIndia reveal daily foreign inflows, prayer meetings disguised as social gatherings, and a multi-state network operating across police station limits for years before arrests were made.
Gujarat sessions court cited prima facie evidence, involvement of minors, alleged inducement of tribal communities, fund flows, absconding accused and witness intimidation risks while refusing bail after completion of investigation and filing of charge sheet.
The FIR states Dubey was lured inside the church, renamed during the ritual and nearly taken away for conversion. He fled and alerted police,.Intelligence inputs warned of large scale religious conversions planned ahead of Christmas.
Some individuals from Beel Pati and Khajuri villages of the Rehti Police Station area of the district had been organising Christian prayer meetings in the tribal areas.
The FIR says the accused used a Bible, led prayers and allegedly threatened women who resisted, particularly targeting Scheduled Caste women. Bajrang Dal members intervened, after which police arrested both suspects and sent them to judicial custody.