Kanpur cops bust alleged conversion racket, arrest 3

KANPUR: The Kanpur Dehat constabulary successful UP person claimed to person busted an alleged spiritual conversion racket successful Akbarpur, arresting 3 people, including a woman, connected charges of converting radical from the scheduled castes by offering them incentives. The constabulary are present investigating the interstate web and imaginable overseas backing links. Police said determination were complaints from Akbarpur residents astir wide conversions to Christianity, allegedly done by luring radical with valuables and money. An FIR was registered connected Jan 9 nether the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act 2021, pursuing a ailment by a local, Ram Bharose. A constabulary squad investigating the lawsuit arrested 3 radical connected Jan 10.

They person been identified arsenic Daniel Sharad Singh (Jhansi), Hariom alias Hariom Tyagi (Akbarpur), and Savitri Sharma (Akbarpur town). Police said the accused revealed they ran a vocational grooming centre registered successful Andhra Pradesh. Using this arsenic a cover, they would allegedly person radical from the scheduled castes by preaching Christianity and offering them incentives. Police said they person recovered photos, videos, Bible lessons and details of radical allegedly converted from the accused's phones.