Balrampur: Demolition continues at conversion racket kingpin’s mansion

The Balrampur district administration on Wednesday continued its crackdown on the allegedly illegally constructed mansion of religious conversion racket kingpin Jalaluddin Shah alias Chhangur Baba in the Utraula area of the district for the second consecutive day despite heavy rain in the morning.

- Shariq Rais Siddiqui

Multiple bulldozers were used amid a significant police presence during the demolition operation that began at 10:10 am,targeting the unauthorised portions of the massive fort-like kothi (mansion) built on three bighas ofland. Shah and Neetu Naveen Rohra, alias Nasreen, were arrested by UP Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Saturday (July 5). According to officials, the building—registered in the name of Nasreen—contains a big hall and multiple rooms in the building, which have been declared illegal. The mansion, estimated to be built at a cost of ₹3 crore, allegedly served as the nerve centre of a conversion network, according to ATS claims.

Security tightened, family absent