UP ATS arrests Islamic scholar in conversion racket


Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 22 (IANS): The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Wednesday arrested Islamic scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui from Meerut on charges of religious conversation.

His name emerged during the investigation into the Umar Gautam case.

Umar Gautam was jailed in June after the Uttar Pradesh Police rounded him up for allegedly running a conversion racket.

The 64-year-old Islamic scholar was on the radar of security agencies due to suspicious activities. He was picked up as soon as he arrived in Meerut late Tuesday night. He is currently being interrogated by the police.

According to the ATS spokesman, Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui is a resident of Phulat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar.

Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General (Law and Order), Prashant Kumar, said "Investigation shows that Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui's trust received Rs 3 crore in foreign funding including Rs 1.5 crore from Bahrain. Six teams of ATS have been formed to investigate this case."

Mufti Qazi Jahangir Alam Qasmi and Mohammad Umar Gautam were arrested in June from Delhi's Jamia Nagar area for trying to convert deaf students and poor people to Islam, with alleged funding from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

 

  

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  • Dr. Haneef Shabab, Bhatkal

    Wed, Sep 22 2021

    Part of Election winning strategy .

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  • Observer, Mangalore

    Wed, Sep 22 2021

    This will continued to be happened till the U.P election are over.

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Wed, Sep 22 2021

    If this govt was serious about people’s welfare these deaf and poor Hindus wouldn’t have fall victim to conversion racket for money. Don’t blame others for your incompetence and failures. When human becomes hungry and disparate survival is only the religion and if you neglect them then they will go to nearest person who provides and meets thier necessities. In fact this govt is creating this unwanted opportunities for vulnerable people and continues doing this intentionally to get media attention and votes. Why no rich Hindus not falling into this trap??????????…….

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  • Mohammed, India

    Wed, Sep 22 2021

    Whenever hindu converts to islam or Christianity, bhakt says its a force conversion, and when chiristian or muslim converts to hinduism, they say its a ghar wapsi.. matlab kuch bhi bolenge whatsapp university me padhke

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  • Sheikh M, Mangalore

    Wed, Sep 22 2021

    Giving light towards truth is not conversion, When these andh bakts realize . Whatever world realize the truth and true religion soon

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  • Jeevan, Kudlaa

    Wed, Sep 22 2021

    No place for jihadist in our country. Jai ho Yogiji...

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  • Sheikh M, Mangalore

    Wed, Sep 22 2021

    What about Hare Rama and hare krishna ? they are openly converting people in many parts of the world to the stone belief's If others do they termed as " forced conversion or luring money

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Wed, Sep 22 2021

    jihad & dharm-youdh r 1 & da same.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Thane

    Wed, Sep 22 2021

    Stop dividing people on Religion for Votes ...

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