Chhangur Baba taken to Balrampur, grilled for hours

UP ATS took him to Madhpur village to question him about conversion activities being operated from there for over a decade

- HT Correspondent

The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday took Jalaluddin Shah alias Chhangur Baba to Madhpur village under Utraula tehsil of Balrampur district from where he allegedly operated his widespread racket of religious conversion.

The ATS officials said the conversion racket kingpin was taken to the spot to extract details about religious conversion activities operated from a sprawling bungalow of his associates. Earlier, the ATS obtained Chhangur Baba’s 7-day police custody remand from Lucknow district jail on Thursday afternoon.

Local authorities said the ATS team stayed there for around 45 minutes to learn more about the activities operated from the bungalow. They said the bungalow was illegally constructed following which the local administration had initiated the demolition process on Wednesday after issuing three notices to them on May 17, June 17 and July 7.