Searches at 15 locations linked to Chhangur Baba in UP and Mumbai, Rs 60 cr funds identified: ED
The ED initiated the investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the ATS, Lucknow, recently, alleging a large-scale conspiracy involving unlawful religious conversions
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A press release issued by the ED said that 22 bank accounts linked to Chhangur Baba and his associates have been analysed so farTHE DIRECTORATE of Enforcement (ED), Lucknow Zonal Office, on Friday said search operations were carried out at 15 locations linked to Jamaluddin alias Chhangur Baba, his alleged close associate Naveen Rohra and others in Balrampur, Lucknow, and Mumbai under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in connection with a money laundering case.
A press release issued by the ED said that 22 bank accounts linked to Chhangur Baba and his associates have been analysed so far. Funds amounting to more than Rs 60 crore received by Chhangur Baba and his associates have been identified, the release said.
The ED initiated the investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the ATS, Lucknow, recently, alleging a large-scale conspiracy involving unlawful religious conversions, utilisation of foreign funding, and activities posing a potential threat to national security. Chhangur Baba and his associates are alleged to have established an extensive network. Baba is also accused of systematically inducing, coercing, and manipulating individuals of other faiths — particularly Scheduled Castes and economically disadvantaged persons — into religious conversion.
During the searches, several documents were seized which revealed that funds that are mostly “proceeds of crime” were transferred to different people for purchasing a number of immovable properties worth crores of rupees and carrying out construction activities in these properties, the release said.
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