Luknow,

13 July (HS): Over the last three years, Uttar Pradesh's self-proclaimed godman

Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba paid more than 1,000 Muslim men to lure Hindu

females in their web of love and convert them into Islam. The state's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has

cracked down on Chhangur Baba, who reportedly earned Rs 500 crore from Muslim

nations during this time to run a conversion business that targeted

impoverished, widowed, and vulnerable women.

According to accounts, Chhangur Baba used the Indo-Nepal border to

provide cash to Muslim males in seven districts of Uttar Pradesh. He also paid

cash to Muslim males who used 'love jihad' to seduce Hindu ladies. Along with Chhangur Baba, his colleague Neetu

alias Nasreen has been detained and placed in seven-day ATS detention.

According

to accounts, Neetu Nasreen managed the funds collected from outside. According to reports, investigators from the

Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) are

planning to question the two in order to track foreign financing streams and

unearth other linkages. Naveen alias

Jamaluddin and Mehboob, Chhangur Baba's son, had already been detained and are

still in Lucknow District Jail.

The ATS is also investigating into substantial

transactions from Baba, Neetu, Naveen, and Mehboob's bank accounts during the

last three years. A preliminary investigation

has found that Chhangur Baba exploited his son's bank account to purchase

property and conduct transactions, placing anyone who sold land to him on the

agency's radar.

The

investigators also stated that they are still investigating into Chhangur's

alleged overseas bank accounts in Sharjah, Dubai, and the UAE. Furthermore, Chhangur's Rs 5 crore property

in Balrampur was entirely dismantled. It

was built illegally on public land. The

40-room house, which had a marble security gate, was demolished in three days

by 10 bulldozers.

The

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has discovered a major money trail leading back to

self-proclaimed godman Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba, who is suspected of

conducting a large-scale illegal religious conversion network. Details for 18 of the 30 suspicious bank

accounts under investigation have surfaced, exposing transactions totaling Rs

68 crore.

According

to reports, the ED discovered that roughly Rs 7 crore was deposited into these

accounts from overseas sources within three months. These accounts are purportedly part of a

larger financial network, with numerous more bank data still to be obtained by

the agency. The ED is currently

conducting a thorough investigation into Chhangur Baba's property records and

income tax reports. Officials stated

that the team is accumulating even the most minute financial information and

may take significant action shortly.

Meanwhile,

the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has uncovered Chhangur Baba's

coded communication method for operating a conversion racket. According to ATS sources, he used terms like

project to zero in on women, mitti palatna for

religious conversion, kajal karna to denote mental manipulation,

and deedar for staged encounters with him.

Authorities claim that Chhangur Baba operated

from Chand Auliya Dargah and had over 100 bank accounts in India and Nepal.

He is said to have received about Rs 500 crore

in foreign finance over the last three years, Rs 300 crore through illicit

channels through Nepal's border areas such as Kathmandu and Banke, and Rs 200

crore through legitimate means. Funding

is alleged to have come from Muslim-majority nations such as Pakistan, Saudi

Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi