Kochi: Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba received nearly Rs 500 crore from overseas allegedly for illegal conversions of people into Islam, India Today quoted Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad has said.
Jalaluddin got Rs 300 crore from Pakistan, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Turkey through hawala network via Nepal for religious conversions during the last three years.
A total of Rs 200 crore has been officially validated. Over 100 bank accounts were opened in Nepal’s border districts like Kathmandu, Nawalparasi, Rupandehi and Banke.
The funds in foreign currency brought to Balrampur, Shravasti, Bahraich and Lakhimpur in UP were converted to Indian currency illegally.
Agents from Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Purnia, Kishanganj, Champaran and Supaul in Bihar were also involved in smuggling funds.
The Anti-Terror Squad also asked for 10 years of income tax records. Investigators discovered Rs 34.22 crore in six accounts belonging to Naveen Rohra and Rs 13.90 crore in the accounts of a woman named Nasreen.
The investigators looking into Chhangur’s suspected foreign bank accounts in Sharjah, Dubai or the UAE.
The environment agencies have demolished the Rs 5 crore 40 room mansion built illegally in Balrampur.
ATS busts conversion racket
