UP Police continues action on Chhangur Baba's properties for third day; ED launches probe

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh administration on Wednesday continued its crackdown on the properties of Chhangur Baba in the Balrampur district for the third consecutive day. He is the alleged mastermind of a religious conversion gang and was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).
Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Law and Order Amitabh Yash on Thursday informed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has asked the ATS for the FIR in this case, which also has the name of Mohamed Ahmed.
However, when ANI reached the person named in the FIR, he claimed that he had been harassed by Chhangur Baba and his gang since 2023. He had met Chhangur Baba during a court case in Balrampur court.
"I came in contact with Chhangur during a court case in Balrampur court in 2023. Neither before nor after did I come into contact with him...In 2023, after our dispute, Chhangur and his people continued to harass me. In the same year, I even went to the police and told them that Chhangur had framed me. The Rabani family, Azaz Mustafa, Aiman Rizvi, Chhangur, and others associated with him approached various authorities against me. Later, he filed a case against me and my father, alleging we had attacked them. Chhangur and his gang have been harassing us since then...The Rabani family is behind it all...Their financial advisor is the Rabani family...If I am found guilty in any way, then I should be punished, but if not, then all this must stop," Mohamed told ANI in Pune.
As this happened, the ED launched an investigation against Jamaluddin alias Chhangur Baba, an accused in the case connected to a large-scale religious conversion racket, after it discovered that he has funds worth Rs 106 crore across 40 bank accounts, officials said on Thursday.
In this regard, the ED on Wednesday registered an enforcement case information report (ECIR) against Chhangur Baba alias Karimulla Shah to trace the money trail. The funds have mainly been received from the middle east, the investigative agency said.
Chhangur Baba has also been accused of the utilisation of foreign funding and activities posing a potential threat to national security and communal harmony.
During the course of investigation, the ED sent a letter to Superintendent of Police (SP) ATS Lucknow requesting them to provide a certified copy of the First Information Report registered against Chhangur Baba on November 16.
The ED has asked about the details of entities associated with him along with the bank account details related to him and his associates and details of movable and immovable assets.
A letter has also been sent to Balrampur District Magistrate (DM) requesting details of assets of Chhngur Baba and his associates. Moreover, emails have been sent to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) cells of concerned banks to obtain bank account statements of bank accounts mentioned in the FIR, the ED said. (ANI)