2 Delhi men held for forced conversion in Gurugram

Gurugram, June 21

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has busted a forced religious conversion racket and arrested two Delhi residents — Umar Gautam and Jehangir Alam — in Lucknow.

The accused had allegedly converted a deaf and dumb boy from Gurugram. Babbupur resident Rajiv Yadav took to his social media and released a video saying his son Mannu Yadav was studying in a deaf society school in Noida and it was from there that the two accused took him to Delhi and got him converted.

The duo was apparently involved in coercively converting around 1,000 persons to Islam and especially targeting deaf and mute persons, including women and children.

Probe revealed Umar had secured funding from international sources for conversion. During the interrogation, the duo also revealed that they converted around 250-300 persons every year. — TNS