Lucknow: Police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested two people on charges of engaging in religious conversions, reports said.
According to police, Mufti Qazi Jahangir Qasmi and Mohammad Umar Gautam reportedly converted over 1000 people, including children. One of them - himself a convert - is a resident of Batala house in Jamia Nagar.
Police officer Prashant Kumar on Monday said the conversions took place within Uttar Pradesh. He said those who converted were poor people, the unemployed and children who were lured with the offer of financial help.
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Kumar also said the conversions were run from Noida, Kanpur and Mathura and were funded from abroad. He added that an investigation was underway to know more about such activities.
