Agra conversion an act of fraud: UP Minority panel

The four-member Commission hailed the role played by Hindu residents of Agra and the dist administration.

The Uttar Pradesh State Minority Commission on Sunday described the mass conversion of Muslims in Agra as “an act of fraud and a dubious exercise, which has no connection with the serious business of change of faith”.

Talking to reporters here, the four-member Commission — which had visited Agra on Saturday — however, hailed the role played by Hindu residents of Agra and the district administration.

“We have no hesitation to state that had not the members of the Hindu community in Agra, particularly those residing in Vednagar locality where the so-called conversion ceremony took place, acted with foresight and humanitarian values, the situation could have taken an ugly turn,” it said.

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The Commission members — Mufti Zulfiqar Ali, Shafi Azmi, Suhail Ayyub Jinjari and Nafeesul Hasan — also praised the role played by the Valmiki community and prominent religious leaders of the Hindu community in Agra.

“Our discussions with prominent members of the Hindu community in Agra have convinced us that they did not endorse such conversions. They feel that conversions carried out by such dubious means are not in the interests of the community,” the Commission said.

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