Barabanki (UP):Police on Monday arrested a man who allegedly converted 230 Dalit families to Christianity promising to cure their members suffering from any ailment. Accused Bajrang Rawat, a Christian from Lucknow, was living on the railway land falling under the Lonikatra police station limits here for the last one year, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Akhilesh Narayan Singh said.
Some copies of the Bible and other Christian books were also recovered from his residence, Singh said. On the basis of a complaint by one Vijay Hindustani from Haidergarh town, a case was registered against Rawat under relevant sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, the ASP said, adding that efforts are on to ascertain involvement of other people who were helping the accused.